小僧

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Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	monk
simp. and trad. (小僧)		小	僧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎosēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zang¹ / siu² sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎosēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoseng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-sêng¹
  - Yale: syǎu-sēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauseng
  - Palladius: сяосэн (sjaosɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu² zang¹ / siu² sang¹
  - Yale: síu jāng / síu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzang¹ / siu² sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² zeng¹ / xiu² seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /siːu̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小僧
    小生

Noun

小僧

(Buddhism) young/novice Buddhist monk

Pronoun

小僧

(Buddhism, by a monk, humble) I

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小僧):

→ Japanese: 小(こ)僧(ぞう) (kozō)
→ Korean: 소승(小僧) (soseung)

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “小僧” in 佛學大辭典 .

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	僧
こ Grade: 1	そう > ぞう Grade: S
yutōyomi

Alternative spelling
小僧 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 小 (ko, "small," "little") + 僧 (sō, "bonze," "Buddhist monk").

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こぞー (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

小(こ)僧(ぞう) • (kozō)

(Buddhism) young/novice Buddhist monk
servant boy in a merchant house (now obsolete)
kid, brat, youngster

Synonyms

(youngster): 坊主(ぼうず) (bōzu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

カメラ小僧 (kamera kozō): amateur photographer
一つ目小僧 (hitotsume kozō): one-eyed goblin
小便小僧 (shōben kozō): cupid statues
悪戯小僧 (itazura kozō): mischievous boy
洟垂れ小僧 (hana-tare kozō): snot-nosed kid
腕白小僧 (wanbaku kozō): naughty boy
膝小僧 (hizakozō): knee
門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む (monzen no kozō narawanu kyō o yomu): a saint's maid quotes Latin

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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