# 小羊
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎoyáng
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ joeng$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoyáng
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-yang$^2$
*** Yale: syǎu-yáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauyang
*** Palladius: сяоян (sjaojan)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ joeng$^4$
*** Yale: síu yèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ joeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ yêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ jœːŋ²¹/

### Noun

小羊
* lamb or kid; young caprine

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小羊, 羔羊, 羊羔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 羊羔兒, 小羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 羊羔, 小羊羔, 小羊 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 羊羔兒, 小羊兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 羊羔, 小羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 羊羔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 羊羔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 羊羔兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 羊羔 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 羊羔兒, 小羊羔兒, 羊羔子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 羊羔兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 羊羔兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 羊羔兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 羊羔 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 羊羔兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 羊羔, 羊羔子, 羊羔兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 羊羔子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 羊羔兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 羊羔兒, 羊羔子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 羊羔兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 羊羔子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 羊羔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 羊羔兒, 羊娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 羊羔兒, 羊娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 羊羔兒, 小羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 羊羔兒, 小羊兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 小羊娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 羊羔, 羊羔兒, 羊羔子, 羊娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 羊羔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 羊羔 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 羊羔兒, 尕羊羔兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小羊羔兒, 羊羔兒, 小羊羔子, 羊羔子, 小羊 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 羊羔子, 羊羔羔, 羊咩咩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 羊羔子, 羊羔 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 羊羔子, 駒驢娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 羊娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 羊羔子, 羊娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小羊子, 小羊兒, 羊兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 羊兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 羊羔兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 小羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 小羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 羊羔, 小羊, 小羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 羊羔, 小羊羔, 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小羊兒, 小羊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 小羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 羊崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 小羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 小羊羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 羊崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 羊兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 小羊 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 羊羔子, 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 羊羔, 小羊羔子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 小羊子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 小羊, 小羊羔 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 小羊, 小羊羔 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小羊 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 小羊子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 羊咩仔, 羊仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 羊咩仔, 羊仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 羊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 羊咩 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 羊崽子, 羊羔 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 羊崽兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 羊崽仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細羊仔, 奶羊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尒羊子, 細羊子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小羊 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 羊羔子, 羊羔羔, 羊羔 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 羊羔 |
| Jin | Datong | 羊羔兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 羊羔子, 羔子, 小羊子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 羊羔羔 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 羊羔子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 羊羔羔 |
| Jin | Jining | 羊羔子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 羊羔 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 羊羔子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 羊羔 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 羊羔子, 小羊 |
| Jin | Handan | 羊羔, 小羊 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 羊羔 |
| Jin | Suide | 羊羔兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 羊仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 羊囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 羊仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 羊羔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 羊囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 羊囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 羊崽 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小羊 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小羊 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小羊子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小羊 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小羊 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 羊兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小羊 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 羊崽子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 羊崽唧 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 羊 |
| こ Grade: 1 | ひつじ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* 子羊 仔羊 羔 (obsolete)

### Etymology

From 小 (ko, “small”) +‎ 羊 (hitsuji, “sheep”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こひつじ [kòhítsúꜜjì] (Nakadaka – [3])
* (Tokyo) こひつじ [kòhíꜜtsùjì] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [ko̞çi̥t͡sɨʑi]

### Noun

小(こ)羊(ひつじ) • (kohitsuji)
* a lamb (young sheep)