# 小指
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎozhǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎozhǐ [Phonetic: xiáozhǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-chih$^3$
*** Yale: syǎu-jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujyy
*** Palladius: сяочжи (sjaočži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: síu jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$小子 小指

### Noun

小指
* little finger
* little toe

#### Synonyms

* (little finger):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小拇指, 小拇哥兒, 小拇指頭, 小拇指頭兒, 小拇手指頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小指, 小拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 小拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 小拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 小拇指, 小拇指頭, 小拇哥, 小妞妞兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 小拇指 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 小拇哥, 小拇哥兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 小拇手指頭, 小指, 小拇指 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 小拇哥兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 小拇指, 小拇指頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 小拇指, 小拇哥兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 小拇哥兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 小拇指頭兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小拇指, 小門手指頭, 小門指頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小拇指頭, 小拇指 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 小拇指頭兒, 小拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 小面手圪頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 小拇指頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 小門指頭, 小門指, 碎門指頭, 碎門指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 尕拇指頭兒, 尕拇哥兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小拇哥兒, 小拇哥, 小拇指頭, 小拇指 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 小拇尕尕, 小拇尕兒, 尕拇指, 尕拇指頭, 尕拇指頭子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 小拇尕尕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 小拇指 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 小拇嘎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 尕拇指頭, 尕拇指, 尕拇舅舅, 小拇指頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 尕拇指頭, 小拇指頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 幺指拇兒, 幺指拇, 小指拇兒, 小指拇, 指拇兒, 𨈓巴兒, 𨈓指拇兒, 𨈓巴根兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 幺指拇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小指甲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小指拇, 小指頭, 拉巴 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 小拇指 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 小指媽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 小指, 咩指崽, 小拇指 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小拇指, 小指抹頭, 小指頭, 五馬指, 小寶寶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 小指, 小麻指, 小麻指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 小拇指頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小末爪子, 小末爪, 小末指, 小指拇頭子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 手指尾, 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 手指尾, 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 手指尾, 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 手指孻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 手指孻 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 孻尾指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 尾指, 尾指奴 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 手指仔, 手指尾, 手指孻 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 手指孻 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 手指尾 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 細手指, 尾指, 尾手 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 尾指 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 手指尾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 小拇指頭, 小拇指頭子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 小手節 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 細手指腦 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 獵尾指 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 尾指, 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 手指子 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 孻尾指 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 尾指 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 手指子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蟻公手指 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 尾手指 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 尾手指 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 尾手指 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 細腦公公 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 尾手指 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 尾腦手指 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 手指尾哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 手指尾, 尾指 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 尾指, 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 臘尾指 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 手尾孻 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 孻尾指 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 手指仔 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 手尾孻 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 尾孻指 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 孻指 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 手孻雞 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 滿手仔 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 手尾 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 小指 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 手指尾 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 手指尾 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細指頭 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小指 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小拇指頭 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小拇指頭, 五拇指頭 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 小拇指 |
| Jin | Linhe | 小拇勾, 小拇指頭子 |
| Jin | Jining | 小拇勾勾, 小拇指 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 小拇哥兒, 小拇指頭 |
| Jin | Baotou | 小拇勾勾 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 小拇指 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 小拇指 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 小拇指頭, 小拇哥兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 小拇指, 小拇指頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 尾指仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 尾掌指, 尾指 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 尾掌指 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 尾指仔, 尾仔指 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 尾指囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 尾指仔, 尾仔指, 尾掌指 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 細掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 尾指, 尾掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 不吉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 尾指, 尾掌指仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 尾指, 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 尾掌頭仔, 尾掌指, 尾掌指仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 尾掌指仔, 煞尾指 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 尾掌頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 尾指, 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 尾抅仔, 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 後尾指仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 小指 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 尾指囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 指尾囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 指尾囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 手尾指, 指尾囝, 指尾指 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 尾指 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 煞尾手囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 煞尾手囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 細手囝, 孧手囝, 煞尾手囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 妚尾 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 孻指 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細手指 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 細手指頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小節頭, 小拇指, 小手節頭, 小米節頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小節頭 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小密節頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小拇指頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小拇手指頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小指末頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 瑣蠻指頭兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小手拇執頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 細指腦, 細指拇, 小指腦, 小指腦子, 小指拇, 滿指拇 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 細手指腦 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 滿手腦 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 滿指頭 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 指 |
| こ Grade: 1 | ゆび Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
小 (ko, “little”) +‎ 指 (yubi, “finger”) (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こゆび [kòyúbí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞jɯ̟bʲi]

#### Noun

小(こ)指(ゆび) • (koyubi)
* a little finger

##### Derived terms

* 足(あし)の小(こ)指(ゆび) (ashi no koyubi): little toe

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 指 |
| しょう Grade: 1 | し Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɕo̞ːɕi]

#### Noun

小(しょう)指(し) • (shōshi)
* (uncommon) a little finger

### See also

* 親指(おやゆび) (oyayubi)
* 人差(ひとさ)し指(ゆび) (hitosashiyubi)
* 中指(なかゆび) (nakayubi)
* 薬指(くすりゆび) (kusuriyubi)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “手”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984