小口

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
simp. and trad. (小口)		小	口

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎokǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hau²
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiau³ kêu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-kháu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎokǒu [Phonetic: xiáokǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎokǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kʻou³
    • Yale: syǎu-kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaukoou
    • Palladius: сяокоу (sjaokou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hau²
    • Yale: síu háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xiau³ kêu³
    • Sinological IPA: /siau³¹ kʰeu³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-kháu
    • Tâi-lô: sió-kháu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioy'qao
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kʰau⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰau⁴¹/

Noun

小口

1. small mouth

   櫻桃小口／樱桃小口  ―  yīngtáo xiǎokǒu  ―  a small cherry-like mouth

2. small opening, small entrance, aperture
3. container with a small opening
4. child; minor
5. (Liuzhou Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Pinghua) snack

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		零食
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	零吃兒, 零嘴兒
	Taiwan	零食
	Chengde	零嘴兒
	Chifeng	零嘴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	零嘴
	Heihe	零食, 零嘴兒
	Qiqihar	零食, 零嘴兒
	Harbin	零食, 零嘴兒
	Jiamusi	零食, 零嘴兒
	Baicheng	零食, 零嘴
	Changchun	零嘴兒
	Tonghua	零嘴
	Shenyang	零食, 零嘴兒
	Jinzhou	零食, 零嘴兒
	Singapore	零食
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	零嘴兒
	Tangshan	零食兒, 零嘴兒
	Cangzhou	零食, 零嘴兒
	Baoding	零食兒, 零嘴兒
	Shijiazhuang	零食
	Lijin	零食兒
	Jinan	零嘴, 零嘴兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	零嘴兒
	Dandong	零食, 零嘴兒
	Yantai	零嘴兒
	Yantai (Muping)	零嘴兒, 零食
	Qingdao	零食, 零嘴兒
	Zhucheng	零嘴兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	零嘴兒, 零食兒
	Lingbao	零嘴
	Jining	零嘴兒
	Wanrong	零嘴
	Linfen	零嘴兒, 班吃
	Shangqiu	零食, 零嘴
	Yuanyang	零食, 零吃, 零嘴
	Zhengzhou	零嘴
	Xinyang	零食兒
	Baihe	零食, 零嘴
	Xi'an	零食, 零嘴, 零嘴兒
	Baoji	零食, 零嘴
	Tianshui	零食
	Xining	零食, 零食兒
	Xuzhou	零嘴兒, 零嘴, 零嘴頭子, 零食
	Fuyang	零嘴兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零食, 零嘴
	Lanzhou	零食, 零嘴, 嘴頭子
	Dunhuang	零嘴
	Hami	零食
	Ürümqi	零嘴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零食, 零碎
	Nanchong	零食
	Dazhou	零碎
	Hanyuan	零食, 零嘴
	Xichang	零食, 零嘴
	Zigong	零食
	Chongqing	零食, 香香兒, 零嘴兒
	Wuhan	零食, 零嘴, 雜食
	Yichang	零食
	Xiangyang	零食, 零嘴
	Tianmen	零食, 零吃
	Guiyang	零嘴, 零食, 小嘴
	Zunyi	零食, 零嘴
	Bijie	零食
	Liping	小嘴
	Zhaotong	零嘴
	Dali	零嘴
	Kunming	零食, 零嘴
	Mengzi	零嘴
	Guilin	零嘴, 零食
	Liuzhou	零嘴, 嘴頭, 小口, 零食
	Jishou	零食
	Changde	零食
	Yongzhou	嘴食
	Hanzhong	零食, 零嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	零食, 零嘴
	Yangzhou	零食, 零嘴
	Lianyungang	零食, 零嘴
	Lianshui	零食, 零叼嘴
	Nantong	零食
	Anqing	零嘴
	Wuhu	零嘴
	Hefei	零嘴, 零食
	Hong'an	零食
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口立濕, 口頭立濕, 閒口
	Hong Kong	零食, 口立濕, 垃雜嘢
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	口立濕, 瘦食
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	小口
	Macau	口立濕
	Taishan	圾口
	Dongguan	鹹解
	Nanning	嘴頭, 消口, 小口
	Nanning (Tanka)	消口, 小口
	Wuzhou	小口
	Yulin	小口
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	消口, 小口, 嘴頭
	Hepu (Shatian)	小口
	Guiping	小口
	Guiping (Mule)	小口
	Pingnan	小口
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	小口
	Guigang (Pingdong)	小口
	Beihai	小口
	Beihai (Nankang)	小口
	Beihai (Yingpan)	小口
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	消口
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	消口
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	消口
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	濕碎嘢, 垃雜嘢
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雜食
	Móng Cái	消口
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	零食
Gan	Nanchang	零碎
	Lichuan	橫性
	Pingxiang	零星
Hakka	Meixian	零食, 小口
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	節欖
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	零嗒
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	小口, 零嗒
	Wuhua (Changbu)	零嗒
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	零嗒
	Liancheng (Peitian)	零星
	Yudu	零食
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	零嗒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	零嗒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	零嗒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	四秀, 噹嗒, 零嗒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	零嗒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	四秀仔, 四秀
	Hong Kong	小口
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	零食
	Sabah (Longchuan)	零食
	Senai (Huiyang)	小口
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	零嗒
	Singkawang	零嗒
	Bangkok (Meixian)	零嗒
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	零嗒
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	零食
Huizhou	Jixi	零嘴
	Shexian	零食, 散食
Jin	Taiyuan	零嘴, 零吃
	Yangyuan	零食
	Datong	零嘴
	Xinzhou	搬哩吃哩
	Lüliang (Lishi)	零食
	Changzhi	零吃
	Linhe	零食
	Jining	零食
	Hohhot	零食, 零嘴
	Erenhot	零食
	Pingshan	碎嘴子
	Zhangjiakou	零食, 零吃
	Handan	零食, 零嘴
	Linzhou	零食
	Suide	零食
Northern Min	Jian'ou	零星
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碎食, 碎乇
	Fuqing	碎食
Southern Min	Xiamen	孑食, 孑屑, 四秀, 零星, 零星物, 零物, 啖糝
	Quanzhou	四秀, 零星, 啖糝
	Zhangzhou	零物仔, 零星, 零星物仔
	Zhao'an	物食仔, 鹹辛仔
	Taipei	四秀仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	四秀
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	四秀仔, 啖糝, 啖糝仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	四秀
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	四秀仔
	Kaohsiung	四秀仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	四秀仔, 啖糝
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	喙食物仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	喙食物仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	四秀仔
	Yilan	四秀
	Yilan (Toucheng)	四秀仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	四秀
	Taichung	四秀
	Taichung (Wuqi)	四秀
	Tainan	四秀, 啖糝, 喙食物, 物食
	Tainan (Anping)	四秀仔, 喙食物仔
	Taitung	四秀仔
	Hsinchu	四秀
	Kinmen	四秀
	Penghu (Magong)	四秀仔, 喙食物
	Penghu (Xiyu)	四秀仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	零星物, 零星
	Manila (Hokkien)	點心, 零食
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	零星
	Shantou	零食, 摻碎食
	Jieyang	物食, 物食囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	物食
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	物食
	Leizhou	喙頭
	Haikou	喙頭
Central Min	Yong'an	零食
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘴頭, 零食, 小口
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	零吃
Wu	Shanghai	閒食, 零食, 小吃
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小吃物事
	Suzhou	零碎, 零食
	Danyang	小食, 零食
	Hangzhou	消閒果兒, 消閒食兒
	Ningbo	閒食, 碎食
	Wenzhou	路食, 閒懶搭食
	Jinhua	閒廚野挾, 閒食, 零食
Xiang	Changsha	零碎
	Loudi	零星
	Quanzhou	零食

Dialectal synonyms of 零食 (“snack”) [map]

Adjective

小口

1. (Southern Min) eating little, eating like a bird

   伊真小口，食半碗飯就飽矣。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊真小口，食半碗饭就饱矣。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I chin sió-kháu, chia̍h pòaⁿ óaⁿ pn̄g tō pá--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He eats very little; he was already full after eating half a bowl of rice.

Synonyms

• 小食 (xiǎoshí)
• 細食／细食

Antonyms

• 大食 (Dàshí)

References

• “Entry #237”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	口
こ Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 小 (ko, “small, little”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, mouth).

Noun

小(こ)口(ぐち) • (koguchi) 

1. small lot, small sum, small amount
2. end, edge, cut end, beginning
3. clue
4. section
5. (printing, of a page) the outside margin, whichever vertical margin that is farther from the spine of the book

   Antonym: 喉

   Hypernym: マージン

Derived terms

• 小口扱(こぐちあつか)い (koguchiatsukai): small lot consignment
• 小口現金(こぐちげんきん) (koguchi genkin): petty cash

Related terms

• 小口径(しょうこうけい) (shōkōkei): small caliber

Proper noun

小(こ)口(ぐち) • (Koguchi) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	口
お Grade: 1	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Compound of 小 (o, “small, little”) +‎ 口 (kuchi, mouth).

Proper noun

小(お)口(ぐち) • (Oguchi) 

1. a surname