小屋

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	house; room
simp. and trad. (小屋)		小	屋

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 小屋(こや) (koya)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎowū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² uk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎowū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎowu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-wu¹
    • Yale: syǎu-wū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauu
    • Palladius: сяо’у (sjao’u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² uk¹
    • Yale: síu ūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² uk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² ug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ ʊk̚⁵/

Noun

小屋

1. cottage; cabin; lodge

Synonyms

• 寮 (liáo)
• (Hakka) 寮仔
• (Hokkien, Teochew) 厝囝

Derived terms

• 山小屋 (shānxiǎowū)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	屋
こ Grade: 1	や Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 小 (ko, “small, little”) 屋 (ya, “house, dwelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こや [kòyáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ja̠]

Noun

小(こ)屋(や) • (koya) 

1. cottage, hut, cabin, shed
2. playhouse
3. pen

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 小(こ)屋(や)掛(が)け (koyagake, “pitching a tent”)
• 犬(いぬ)小(ご)屋(や) (inugoya, “doghouse”)
• 兎(うさぎ)小(ご)屋(や) (usagigoya, “rabbit hutch”)
• 牛(うし)小(ご)屋(や) (ushigoya, “cowshed”)
• 馬(うま)小(ご)屋(や) (umagoya, “stable”)
• 掛(か)け小(ご)屋(や) (kakegoya, “temporary theater”)
• 狩(か)り小(ご)屋(や) (karigoya, “hunting lodge”)
• 仮(かり)小(ご)屋(や) (karigoya, “booth”)
• 差(さ)し掛(か)け小(ご)屋(や) (sashikakegoya, “a lean-to”)
• 芝(し)居(ばい)小(ご)屋(や) (shibaigoya, “theater”)
• 水(すい)車(しゃ)小(ご)屋(や) (suishagoya, “water mill”)
• 寺(てら)小(こ)屋(や) (terakoya, “temple elementary school”)
• 鳥(とり)小(ご)屋(や) (torigoya, “aviary”)
• 鳩(はと)小(ご)屋(や) (hatogoya, “dovecote”)
• 番(ばん)小(ご)屋(や) (bangoya, “guard house”)
• 羊(ひつじ)小(ご)屋(や) (hitsujigoya, “sheepfold”)
• 風(ふう)車(しゃ)小(ご)屋(や) (fūshagoya, “windmill”)
• 船(ふな)小(ご)屋(や) (funagoya, “boathouse”)
• 豚(ぶた)小(ご)屋(や) (butagoya, “pigsty”) (literal and figurative)
• 掘(ほ)っ建(た)て小(ご)屋(や) (hottategoya, “hut”)
• 丸(まる)太(た)小(ご)屋(や) (marutagoya, “log cabin”)
• 山(やま)小(ご)屋(や) (yamagoya, “mountain hut”)

See also

• 小屋 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja