小蜜

Chinese

		little	honey; mistress
simp. and trad. (小蜜)		小	蜜

Etymology

Sense “mistress” of 蜜 (mì, “honey”) is a phono-semantic matching of English Miss, mistress.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎomì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² mat⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎomì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumih
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² mat⁶
  - Yale: síu maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² med⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ mɐt̚²/

Noun

小蜜

(neologism, informal) mistress (usually of a rich or powerful man)

Synonyms

情婦／情妇 (qíngfù)

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