# 小鴨
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎoyā
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ aap$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoyā
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoya
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-ya$^1$
*** Yale: syǎu-yā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauia
*** Palladius: сяоя (sjaoja)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ jä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ aap$^3$
*** Yale: síu aap
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ aap$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ ab$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ aːp̚³/

### Noun

小鴨
* duckling

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小鴨, 小鴨子, 雛鴨, 鴨苗 hatchling, 鴨黃 hatchling |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小鴨, 小鴨子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鴨崽兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小鴨 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小鴨巴兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小鴨娃兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鴨娃兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鴨娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 尕鴨子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鴨娃子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 小鴨子, 小鴨兒, 鴨兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 小鴨兒, 鴨娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小鴨子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 小鴨兒, 子鴨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鴨崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 雛鴨, 子鴨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 子鴨 hatchling, 新鴨 hatchling |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鴨仔, 子鴨, 鴨花 hatchling, 鴨苗 hatchling |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鴨仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鴨仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鴨崽子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鴨崽兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鴨崽仔, 子鴨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細鴨仔, 子鴨 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 細鴨子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細鴨仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 細鴨仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 細鴨仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 細鴨仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細鴨仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 細鴨仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 細鴨仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 鴨囝 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鴨幺, 鴨子 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 細鴨嫲, 鴨仔子 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 鴨崽崽, 細鴨嫲 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 嫩鴨兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小鴨鴨 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小鴨子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴨仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴨囝, 鴨囝囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鴨仔, 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鴨仔, 鴨咪 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鴨仔, 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鴨囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鴨仔囝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鴨仔囝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 鴨仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔, 鴨囝, 新仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 鴨囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鴨仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鴨仔, 鴨仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鴨仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鴨仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 鴨仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鴨仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鴨仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鴨囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鴨仔囝, 鴨咪 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鴨仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 鴨仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 鴨仔 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鴨咪 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鴨囝, 鴨伲 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鴨仔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鴨囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鴨囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鴨囝, 鴨咪囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 鴨囝, 鴨咪 endearing |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 鴨囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 鴨囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鴨囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 鴨囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 鴨囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鴨崽, 細鴨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 小鴨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 小鴨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小鴨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小鴨 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小鴨子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小鴨兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小鴨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鴨兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小鴨兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鴨崽子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鴨崽唧 |

#### Derived terms

* 醜小鴨／丑小鸭 (chǒuxiǎoyā)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 鴨 |
| こ Grade: 1 | かも > がも Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

Superficially 小(こ) (ko, “small”) + 鴨(かも) (kamo, “duck”). Compare 小杓鴫(コシャクシギ) (koshakushigi, “little curlew, Numenius minutus”), コミチバシリ (komichibashiri, “lesser roadrunner, Geococcyx velox”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ko̞ɡa̠mo̞]

### Noun

小(こ)鴨(がも) or 小鴨(コガモ) • (kogamo)
* teal (freshwater duck of the subfamily Anatinae)