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The Chinese word for trumpet is
小号

xiǎo hào



trumpet

Chinese Definition


trumpet
     1. 喇叭;小号
Components
     1. small, tiny, little
           小孩 - child
           (ant, zh, 大)
     2. minor, petty
     3. briefly, for a short while
           小憩 - brief rest
     4. slightly, a little
     5. young
           小狗 - puppy
           小貓 - kitten
           小羊 - lamb
           這 嬰兒 太 小 了,不 能 自己 吃 東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself.
           (ant, zh, 老)
     6. (the) youngest
           小兒子 - youngest son
     7. a young person; child, kid, baby
           一家老小 - the entire family, old and young
     8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people).
           For example, Someone called 李國寶/李国宝 can be called 小李.
     9. (humble) my, our
           小弟 - humble I
           小女 - humble my daughter
           小的 - humble I
     10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school)
     11.    Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school.
     12.   二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School
     13.    Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education.
     14.   小一 - P1 (first year in primary school)
     15. (dialectal) concubine
     16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck.
           小 你! - Duck you!
     17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小.
     1. Variant of 號



Translations for and their definitions

小號
     1. n. (chiefly attributive) small size
     2. n. (humble) our store; my store
     3. n. (musical instrument) trumpet
     4. n. (slang) alternate phone number
     5. n. (Internet slang) alternate account
     6. n. (Internet slang) sockpuppet
     7. v. (colloquial) to have a pee; to do a number one; to take a leak


小号
     1. Simplified form of 小號


喇叭
     1. n. (musical instrument) horn; trumpet
     2. n. (regional, musical instrument) suona
     3. n. (zh-alt-name, 揚聲器, loudspeaker; speaker; amplifier)
     4. n. (in automobiles etc.) horn
     5. n. (figurative) gossiper; one who disseminates information unrestrainedly
     6. usage. This is also used as a generic term to describe anything that has a horn or trumpet-like conical shape.


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