小官

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (小官)		小	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoguan
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kuan¹
    • Yale: syǎu-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauguan
    • Palladius: сяогуань (sjaoguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gun¹
    • Yale: síu gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小官

1. (literary) minor official
2. (literary) modest term of self-address
3. (literary) shop assistant

Synonyms

• (minor official): (literary) 小吏 (xiǎolì), (literary) 胥吏 (xūlì)
• (shop assistant): (dated, informal) 夥計／伙计 (huǒjì)

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