小三

Chinese

	small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	three
simp. and trad. (小三)	小	三
anagram	三小
Literally: “little third person (sense 1)”.

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎosān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sa̠n⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎosānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausal
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɑɻ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² saam¹
  - Yale: síu sāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² saam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sam¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɑːm⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xiau se (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔ³³ se̞⁴⁴/

小三

(neologism, colloquial) other woman; someone romantically involved with a person already in a committed relationship; mistress
小三勸退師 / 小三劝退师 ― xiǎosān quàntuìshī ― one who helps a woman dispel her husband's mistress; mistress dissuader
(Hong Kong) primary three; third year in primary school