小紅點

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word)
trad. (小紅點)		小	紅	點
simp. (小红点)		小	红	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xiǎohóngdiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² hung⁴ dim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xiǎohóngdiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Siǎohóngdiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: Hsiao³-hung²-tien³
    • Yale: Syǎu-húng-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Sheauhorngdean
    • Palladius: Сяохундянь (Sjaoxundjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xʊŋ³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² hung⁴ dim²
    • Yale: síu hùhng dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hung⁴ dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² hung⁴ dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hʊŋ²¹ tiːm³⁵/

Proper noun

小紅點

1. Little Red Dot (nickname for Singapore)

Usage notes

Sometimes seen as derogatory by Singaporeans, especially when used by Mainland Chinese tourists.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 新加坡 (“Singapore”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		新加坡
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	新加坡
	Malaysia	新加坡, 新國
	Singapore	新加坡, 星洲 nickname, 獅城 nickname, 小紅點 nickname, 石叻 dated, 石叻埠 dated, 叻埠 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	星加坡, 叻埠
	Hong Kong	新加坡, 星加坡, 星國, 星洲 nickname, 叻埠 dated
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	星加坡
	Penang (Guangfu)	星加坡
	Singapore (Guangfu)	星加坡
Southern Min	Xiamen	新加坡, 石叻 dated
	Quanzhou	新加坡
	Zhangzhou	新加坡
	Penang (Hokkien)	新加坡, 實叻坡
	Singapore (Hokkien)	新加坡, 獅城, 石叻 dated
	Manila (Hokkien)	新加坡
	Jieyang	石叻 dated, 叻埠 dated
	Singapore (Teochew)	新加坡, 星洲
	Singapore (Hainanese)	新加坡
Wu	Shanghai	新加坡