小卒

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	die; soldier; abruptly die; soldier; abruptly; hurriedly
simp. and trad. (小卒)		小	卒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎozú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zeot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎozú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎozú
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tsu²
    • Yale: syǎu-dzú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautzwu
    • Palladius: сяоцзу (sjaoczu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² zeot¹
    • Yale: síu jēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² zêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɵt̚⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小卒

1. (literary, military) low ranking soldier; foot soldier; private
2. (literary) ordinary person
3. (chess) pawn

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	卒
こ Grade: 1	- Grade: 4
kun'yomi	irregular

Alternative forms

• 小倅
• 小せがれ

Etymology

小(こ) (ko, “little”) + 倅(せがれ) (segare, “one's own son”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞se̞ɡa̠ɾe̞]

Noun

小(こ)卒 • (kosegare) 

1. (offensive) young male
2. (deprecating) one's own son