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
Min Nan (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): /ɕjɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ 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/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-khóa
  - Tâi-lô: sió-khuá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'qoar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰua⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰua⁴¹/

Noun

小可

something small and unimportant

Adjective

小可

of little importance; minor; unimportant
(Min Nan) 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

(Min Nan) slightly; a little; somewhat

Synonyms

Synonyms of 小可

一些 (yīxiē)
多少 (duōshǎo)
小可 (Min Nan)
小可仔 (Min Nan)
微微仔 (Min Nan)
普二略 (Min Nan)
普其略 (Min Nan)
普普仔 (Min Nan)
有些 (yǒuxiē)
略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
略仔 (Min Nan)
略微 (lüèwēi)
略略 (lüèlüè)
略略仔 (Min Nan)

稍 (shāo)
稍微 (shāowēi)
稍稍仔 (Min Nan)
粗粗 (Hakka)
粗粗仔 (Hakka)
聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
麻微 (Min Nan)
麻文 (Min Nan)
拉圇／拉囵 (Min Nan)
略為／略为 (lüèwéi)
稍為／稍为 (shāowéi)
約略／约略 (yuēlüè)
頗略仔／颇略仔 (Min Nan)

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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