# 小犬
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎoquǎn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ hyun$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-khián
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoquǎn [Phonetic: xiáoquǎn]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎocyuǎn
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-chʻüan$^3$
*** Yale: syǎu-chywǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaucheuan
*** Palladius: сяоцюань (sjaocjuanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ hyun$^2$
*** Yale: síu hyún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ hyn$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ hün$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ hyːn³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-khián
*** Tâi-lô: siáu-khián
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaw'qiern
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰiɛn⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰiɛn⁴¹/

### Noun

小犬
* (literary) puppy
* (literary, humble) my son

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 犬子, 小犬 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小狗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小狗兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小狗 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 小狗兒, 狗崽兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小狗 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小狗 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小狗兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 狗娃子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 狗娃子, 狗娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尕狗娃兒, 狗娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒, 小狗兒, 巴狗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 狗娃子, 狗娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 狗娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶狗兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小狗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 狗兒, 狗崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 狗崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小狗 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 小狗子, 小狗 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 狗仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 狗仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 狗仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 狗仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 狗崽子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 狗崽兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 狗崽仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細狗仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尒狗子, 細狗子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 狗子, 細狗仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 狗子, 細狗仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 狗子, 細狗仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 狗子, 細狗 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 狗子, 細狗仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 狗幺 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細狗 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小狗狗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 犬囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 狗仔囝, 狗仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 狗仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 狗囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 狗仔囝, 狗仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 狗囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 狗囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 狗仔 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 狗仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 狗囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 狗囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 狗囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細狗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小狗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小狗 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小狗子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小狗兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小狗 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 狗兒, 狗童兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小狗 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 狗崽子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 狗崽唧 |
* (my son): 豚犬 (túnquǎn), 豚兒／豚儿 (tún'ér), 犬子 (quǎnzǐ), 豚兒犬子／豚儿犬子

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 犬 |
| こ Grade: 1 | いぬ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Alternative forms

* 子犬
* 仔犬

### Noun

小(こ)犬(いぬ) • (koinu)
* puppy
* small dog

#### Derived terms

* 小犬座