# 小事
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiǎoshì
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щёсы (xi͡osɨ, II-III)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ si$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-sīr / sió-sū
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshìh
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: syǎu-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushyh
*** Palladius: сяоши (sjaoši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$小事 小視／小视
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshìr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshìhr
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-shih$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syǎu-shìr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushell
*** Palladius: сяошир (sjaošir)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩ɻ⁵¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щёсы (xi͡osɨ, II-III)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɔː⁵¹ sz̩⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ si$^6$
*** Yale: síu sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ siː²²/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$小事 小視／小视
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sīr
*** Tâi-lô: sió-sīr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sū
*** Tâi-lô: sió-sū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioysu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

### Noun

小事
* trifle; trivial matter; minor thing
       Nǐ nàme nénggàn, jué bùyào bèi xiǎoshì qiānlěi. [Pinyin]
       You're so competent; don't ever let something trivial tie you down.
    From: 2016, 超媒體編輯組, 香港盂蘭夜話, page 75
    sin$^1$ si$^6$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ jat$^1$ se$^1$ siu$^2$ si$^6$ ji$^4$ bei$^6$ gung$^1$ si$^1$ gaai$^2$ gu$^3$, zip$^3$ zoek$^6$ hou$^2$ bat$^1$ jung$^4$ ji$^6$ zoi$^6$ bin$^6$ lei$^6$ dim$^3$ zaau$^2$ dou$^3$ fan$^6$ paat$^1$ taai$^1$, git$^3$ gwo$^2$ ging$^2$ jin$^4$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ bei$^6$ tau$^4$ sou$^3$ seng$^4$ jat$^6$ zaau$^2$ co$^3$ cin$^{4-2}$, lou$^5$ baan$^2$ jat$^1$ hei$^3$ zi$^1$ haa$^6$ baa$^2$ taa$^1$ ci$^4$ teoi$^3$, zeoi$^3$ hau$^6$ lin$^4$ tung$^4$ geoi$^1$ liu$^5$ ng$^5$ nin$^4$ dik$^1$ neoi$^5$ pang$^4$ jau$^5$ jik$^6$ jan$^1$ wai$^6$ jat$^1$ goek$^3$ daap$^6$ loeng$^5$ syun$^4$ ji$^4$ fan$^1$ sau$^2$! [Jyutping]
    First, he was fired by his company for something trivial. Then, after finding a part-time job with much difficulty, because someone complained that he kept giving back the wrong change, his boss fired him in a fury. In the end, he even broke up with his girlfriend who was living together with him for five years because of two-timing!

#### Synonyms

* (literary) 可事 (kěshì)

#### Antonyms

* 大事 (dàshì)

#### Derived terms

* 大事化小，小事化了 (dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà liǎo)
* 大事化小，小事化無／大事化小，小事化无 (dàshì huà xiǎo, xiǎoshì huà wú)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 事 |
| しょう Grade: 1 | じ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From 小 (shō, "small," "minor") + 事 (ji, "affair," "something").

### Noun

小(しょう)事(じ) • (shōji)
* a trifle, trifling matter