小野

Mandarin · pinyin Xiǎo yě

Meanings

  1. Ono (Japanese surname and place name)
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小
xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
野
yě · open country, field; wilderness
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3–3 · Xiao3 ye3

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name

  1. Hsiao Yeh, pen name for Li Yuan, a Taiwanese author and playwright
  2. (~市) Ono (a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan)

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