小説 [－说]

Jyutping siu2 syut3
Pinyin xiǎo shuō

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. Fiction
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    圍繞​角色​嚟​敍​述​故​事情​節​嘅​文​學​體​裁​（​量​詞​：​本​／​篇​）
    novel
    • 小説家
      小说家
      siu2 syut3 gaa1
      movelist
    • 愛情小説
      爱情小说
      oi3 cing4 siu2 syut3
      romantic novels
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 二级词汇表 #605
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他昨天看了一部最有趣的小说。
    他昨天看了一部最有趣的小説。
    tā zuó tiān kàn le yī bù zuì yǒu qù de xiǎo shuō 。
    • He read a most interesting novel yesterday.
    • Yesterday, he read the most interesting novel.
  2. Mandarin
    父亲常常在空闲时间读侦探小说。
    父親常常在空閒時間讀偵探小説。
    fù qīn cháng cháng zài kòng xián shí jiān dú zhēn tàn xiǎo shuō 。
    • Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.
  3. Mandarin
    我一直忙于写一部短篇小说。
    我一直忙於寫一部短篇小説。
    wǒ yī zhí máng yú xiě yī bù duǎn piān xiǎo shuō 。
    • I have been busy writing a short story.
    • I've been busy writing a short story.
  4. Mandarin
    这显然是今年出版的最好的小说。
    這顯然是今年出版的最好的小説。
    zhè xiǎn rán shì jīn nián chū bǎn de zuì hǎo de xiǎo shuō 。
    • This is by far the best novel that has been published this year.
    • This is clearly the best novel to have been published this year.
  5. Mandarin
    我觉得要我用法语写一本小说是不可能的。
    我覺得要我用法語寫一本小説是不可能的。
    wǒ jué de yào wǒ yòng fǎ yǔ xiě yī běn xiǎo shuō shì bù kě néng de 。
    • I think it impossible for me to write a novel in French.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    一部小说
    一部小説
    jat1 bou6 siu2 syut3
    • a novel
  2. Cantonese
    电影编剧正正就系原著小说嘅作者。
    電影編劇正正就係原著小説嘅作者。
    din6 jing2 pin1 kek6 zing3 zing3 zau6 hai6 jyun4 zyu3 siu2 syut3 ge3 zok3 ze2.
    • The playwright of the movie is exactly the author of the original novel.
  3. Cantonese
    短篇小说
    短篇小説
    dyun2 pin1 siu2 syut3
    • short story
    • short novel
  4. Cantonese
    伦理小说
    倫理小説
    leon4 lei5 siu2 syut3
    • morality fiction
  5. Cantonese
    呢本科幻小说嘅内容好刺激，所以相当畅销。
    呢本科幻小説嘅內容好刺激，所以相當暢銷。
    ni1 bun2 fo1 waan6 siu2 syut3 ge3 noi6 jung4 hou2 ci3 gik1, so2 ji5 soeng1 dong1 coeng3 siu1.
    • This sci-fi novel has an exciting plot, so it's selling quite well.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    别的国度里怎样，我不知道。单知道诺威人Hamsun有一本小说叫《饥饿》，粗野的口吻是很多的，但我并不见这一类话。
    別的國度裏怎樣，我不知道。單知道諾威人Hamsun有一本小説叫《飢餓》，粗野的口吻是很多的，但我並不見這一類話。
    bié de guó dù lǐ zěn yàng ， wǒ bù zhī dào ． dān zhī dào nuò wēi rén Ｈａｍｓｕｎ yǒu yī běn xiǎo shuō jiào “ jī è ” ， cū yě de kǒu wěn shì hěn duō de ， dàn wǒ bìng bù jiàn zhè yī lèi huà ．
    • I don't know what it's like in other countries. I only know that a Norwegian [named] Hamsun has [written] a novel called Hunger [in which] vulgar speech is plenty, but I have by no means seen this kind of thing [referring to 他媽的／他妈的 (tāmāde)].
  2. Mandarin
    我从来没有想到他是那本小说的作者。
    我從來沒有想到他是那本小説的作者。
    wǒ cóng lái méi yǒu xiǎng dào tā shì nà běn xiǎo shuō de zuò zhě ．
    • It never occurred to me that he was the author of that novel.
  3. Mandarin
    这部电影改编自著名的同名小说。
    這部電影改編自著名的同名小説。
    zhè bù diàn yǐng gǎi biān zì zhù míng de tóng míng xiǎo shuō ．
    • The film is adapted from the well-known novel of the same name.
  4. Mandarin
    这部小说反映了一个封建家庭的败落。
    這部小説反映了一個封建家庭的敗落。
    zhè bù xiǎo shuō fǎn yìng le yī ge fēng jiàn jiā tíng de bài luò ．
    • The novel reflects the decline of a feudal family.
  5. Mandarin
    五四时期盛行白话小说。
    五四時期盛行白話小説。
    wǔ sì shí qī shèng xíng bái huà xiǎo shuō ．
    • During the May Fourth period, vernacular novels were popular.