小生

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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

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎoshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu² sang¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhiau² sang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-sên
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-seng / sió-sng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosheng
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shêng¹
  - Yale: syǎu-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausheng
  - Palladius: сяошэн (sjaošɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小生
    小聲／小声
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu² sang¹
  - Yale: síu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小僧
    小生
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhiau² sang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiau⁵⁵ saŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` sen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ sen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-seng
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioysefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sng
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioysngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sŋ̍³³/

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

(Tokyo) しょーせー (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Pronoun

小(しょう)生(せい) • (shōsei)

(humble, stilted) I

See also

拙者(せっしゃ) (sessha)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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