小子
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[edit]small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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simp. and trad. (小子) |
小 | 子 |
Pronunciation 1
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎozi̊h
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-tzŭ5
- Yale: syǎu-dz
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.tzy
- Palladius: сяоцзы (sjaoczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu2 zi2
- Yale: síu jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- Homophones:
小子
小指
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]小子
- (colloquial) boy
- (colloquial) bloke; dude; fellow
- (dialectal, colloquial) son
- servant
- Used as a term of contempt for adult males.
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- 咱们单说这一天,大国舅安乐侯庞昱,洗脸漱口之毕,喝着槟榔燕窝粥。这小子心里十分得意呀。为什么? [MSC, simp.]
- Zánmen dān shuō zhèi yī tiān, dà guójiù Ānlehóu Páng Yù, xǐ liǎn shù kǒu zhī bì, hē zhe bīngláng yànwō zhōu. Zhèi xiǎozi xīn lǐ shí fēn déyì ya. Wèishénme? [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
咱們單說這一天,大國舅安樂侯龐昱,洗臉漱口之畢,喝著檳榔燕窩粥。這小子心裡十分得意呀。為什麼? [MSC, trad.]
- 2001, Chiung Yao, 情深深雨濛濛, 49 episodes edition, episode 41, 王琳 (actor):
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- Used as an affectionate term for adult males that are not significantly older than the speaker.
Synonyms
[edit]- (boy):
- (son):
Derived terms
[edit]Pronunciation 2
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎozǐh
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-tzŭ3
- Yale: syǎu-dž
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautzyy
- Palladius: сяоцзы (sjaoczy)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu2 zi2
- Yale: síu jí
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 dzi2
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 ji2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
- Homophones:
小子
小指
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: sjewX tsiX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ewʔ tsəʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*smewʔ ʔslɯʔ/
Noun
[edit]小子
- (literary) young person
- 予惟小子 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
- yǔ wéi xiǎozǐ [Pinyin]
- I am a young person.
Pronoun
[edit]小子
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