小可

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	can; may; able to can; may; able to; certain(ly); to suit; (particle used for emphasis)
simp. and trad. (小可)		小	可

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎokě

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ho²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-khó
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-khóa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎokě [Phonetic: xiáokě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄜˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎokě
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kʻo³
  - Yale: syǎu-kě
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaukee
  - Palladius: сяокэ (sjaokɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² ho²
  - Yale: síu hó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ho²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ho²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-khó
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` ko`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ ko³
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ kʰo³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-khóa
  - Tâi-lô: sió-khuá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'qoar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰua⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁴¹/

Noun

小可

something small and unimportant

Adjective

小可

of little importance; minor; unimportant
(Southern Min) just a little; just a few

Derived terms

不小可
小可仔
小可代
差小可
非同小可 (fēitóngxiǎokě)
非是小可的

Pronoun

小可

(dated, humble) your servant

Adverb

小可

(Southern Min) slightly; a little; somewhat

Synonyms

一些 (yīxiē)
多少 (duōshǎo)
小可仔 (Hokkien)
微微仔 (Hokkien)
拉圇／拉囵 (Hokkien)
普二略 (Hokkien)
普其略 (Hokkien)
普普仔 (Hokkien)
有些 (yǒuxiē)
略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
略仔 (Hokkien)
略微 (lüèwēi)
略為／略为 (lüèwéi)
略略 (lüèlüè)
略略仔 (Hokkien)
稍
稍微 (shāowēi)
稍為／稍为 (shāowéi)
稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
粗粗 (Hakka)
粗粗仔 (Hakka)
約略／约略 (yuēlüè)
聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
頗略仔／颇略仔 (Hokkien)
麻微 (Hokkien)
麻文 (Hokkien)

Etymology 2

Short for 小杯 + 可樂／可乐 (kělè).

Noun

小可

small Coke

See also

大可 (dàkě)
中可 (zhōngkě)

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