Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 小秋(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. SHYOW-CHYOH [key] Meaning & History From Chinese 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small", 晓 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand", or 咲 (xiào) meaning "smile, laugh, bloom" combined with 秋 (qiū) meaning "autumn". Other character combinations can form this name as well.