小生

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
simp. and trad. (小生)		小	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu² sang¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhiau² sang¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-sên
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-seng / sió-sng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosheng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shêng¹
    • Yale: syǎu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausheng
    • Palladius: сяошэн (sjaošɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小生 小聲 / 小声

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² sang¹
    • Yale: síu sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小僧 小生

  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhiau² sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiau⁵⁵ saŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˋ sen^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ sen²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-seng
    • Tâi-lô: sió-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysefng
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sng
    • Tâi-lô: sió-sng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysngf
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/

Noun

小生

1. (opera) xiaosheng (young male character)

Pronoun

小生

1. (humble) I, your pupil

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	生
しょう Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːse̞ː]
• (Tokyo) しょーせー [shóꜜòsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])

Pronoun

小(しょう)生(せい) • (shōsei) 

1. (humble, stilted) I

See also

• 拙者(せっしゃ) (sessha)

References

• “小生”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026