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小說
  siu2 syut3   jyutping
  xiao3 shuo1   pinyin
novel; fiction

noun

Level: 2   Google Frequency: 6,320,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
小說 / 小说

This word has been viewed 2803 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 3rd Oct 2009 11:57
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Characters in this word:

 siu2  -  small, tiny, little
 syut3 seoi3 jyut6  -  speak; talk; say; explain; theory

5 compounds containing this word:

小說家 - novelist
武俠小說 - sword-fighting fantasy novel
色情小說 - pornographic novel; dirty book
小小說 - a short-short; a novelette
黃色小說 - sexy novels

Showing 1 example containing 小說
detail 小說不怎麼樣
This novel isn't up to much.
[怎麼樣 can be used in the negative to mean "(not) well enough" or "(not) up to much". ]

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:


detail  siu2 syut3  xiao3 xue3 = Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 22nd November-6th December
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