小說家

See also: 小説家 and 小说家

Chinese

		fiction	home; family; ‑ist home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
trad. (小說家)		小說	家
simp. (小说家)		小说	家

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoshuōjiā

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² syut³ gaa¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-soat-ka

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshuōjiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshuojia
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shuo¹-chia¹
    • Yale: syǎu-shwō-jyā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushuojia
    • Palladius: сяошоцзя (sjaošoczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² syut³ gaa¹
    • Yale: síu syut gā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² syt⁸ gaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xud³ ga¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ syːt̚³ kaː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-soat-ka
    • Tâi-lô: sió-suat-ka
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysoatkaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ suat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ka³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²⁻⁵ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ suat̚³²⁻⁴ ka⁴⁴/

Noun

小說家

1. novelist
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) the School of Small Talks among the Hundred Schools of Thought

   • 小說家者流，蓋出於稗官。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     小说家者流，盖出于稗官。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Xiǎoshuōjiā zhě liú, gài chū yú bàiguān. [Pinyin]

     The School of Small Talks, probably from the petty officials.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	說	家
しょう Grade: 1	せつ Hyōgai	か Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

小(しょう)說(せつ)家(か) • (shōsetsuka) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 小説家: novelist

Korean

Hanja in this term
小	說	家

Noun

小說家 • (soseolga) (hangeul 소설가)

1. hanja form^? of 소설가 (“novelist (author of novels)”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
小	說	家

Noun

小說家

1. chữ Hán form of tiểu thuyết gia (“novelist”).