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 derogatory term.
- Used as an affectionate term.
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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