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 (Jyutping): siu² sang¹
Min Nan (POJ): sió-sng / sió-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: xiǎoshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausheng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小生
    小聲／小声
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: siu² sang¹
  - Yale: síu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小僧
    小生
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sng
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioysngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-seng
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioysefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

小生

(opera) xiaosheng (young male character)

Pronoun

小生

(humble) I, your pupil

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːse̞ː]

Pronoun

小生 (hiragana しょうせい, rōmaji shōsei)

(humble, stilted) I

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