小三
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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)”. | |||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosan
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-san1
- Yale: syǎu-sān
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausan
- Palladius: сяосань (sjaosanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢㄦ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosanr
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-san1-ʼrh
- Yale: syǎu-sānr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausal
- Palladius: сяосаньр (sjaosanʹr)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɑɻ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Note: xiǎosānr - "the other woman; the other man".
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 saam1
- Yale: síu sāam
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 saam1
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 sam1
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
Noun
小三
- (colloquial) other woman; someone romantically involved with a person already in a committed relationship; mistress
- primary three; third year in primary school
Synonyms
- (other woman): 第三者 (dìsānzhě) (literally, "the third party")
See also
- 正室 (zhèngshì)