小僧

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	monk
simp. and trad. (小僧)		小	僧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎosēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zang¹, siu² sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎosēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoseng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-sêng¹
    • Yale: syǎu-sēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauseng
    • Palladius: сяосэн (sjaosɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² zang¹, siu² sang¹
    • Yale: síu jāng, síu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzang¹, siu² sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² zeng¹, xiu² seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /siːu̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小僧 小生

Noun

小僧

1. (Buddhism) young/novice Buddhist monk

Pronoun

小僧

1. (Buddhism, by a monk, humble) I

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小僧):

• → Japanese: 小(こ)僧(ぞう) (kozō)
• → Korean: 소승(小僧) (soseung)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “小僧” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	僧
こ Grade: 1	そう > ぞう Grade: S
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
小僧 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 小 (ko, "small," "little") + 僧 (sō, "bonze," "Buddhist monk").

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こぞ​ー [kòzóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞zo̞ː]

Noun

小(こ)僧(ぞう) • (kozō) 

1. (Buddhism) young/novice Buddhist monk
2. servant boy in a merchant house (now obsolete)
3. kid, brat, youngster

Synonyms

• (youngster): 坊主(ぼうず) (bōzu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• カメラ小僧 (kamera kozō): amateur photographer
• 一つ目小僧 (hitotsume kozō): one-eyed goblin
• 小便小僧 (shōben kozō): cupid statues
• 悪戯小僧 (itazura kozō): mischievous boy
• 洟垂れ小僧 (hana-tare kozō): snot-nosed kid
• 腕白小僧 (wanbaku kozō): naughty boy
• 膝小僧 (hizakozō): knee
• 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む (monzen no kozō narawanu kyō o yomu): a saint's maid quotes Latin