三小

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (三小)		三	小
alternative forms		3小 Internet slang 尛 Internet slang
anagram		小三

Etymology

From Hokkien 啥潲 (sáⁿ-siâu, “what the hell”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sānxiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sáⁿ-siâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sānxiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sansiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: san¹-hsiao³
    • Yale: sān-syǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sansheau
    • Palladius: саньсяо (sanʹsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sáⁿ-siâu
    • Tâi-lô: sánn-siâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svafsiaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /sã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau²³/

Pronoun

三小

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien, vulgar) what the hell

   看三小？ [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   Khòaⁿ -sáⁿ-siâu? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   What the hell are you looking at?