大小姐

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	Miss; young lady
trad. (大小姐)		大	小姐
simp. #(大小姐)		大	小姐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàxiǎojiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ siu² ze²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-sió-chiá

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàxiǎojiě [Phonetic: dàxiáojiě]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsiǎojiě
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsiao³-chieh³
    • Yale: dà-syǎu-jyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahsheaujiee
    • Palladius: дасяоцзе (dasjaocze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ siu² ze²
    • Yale: daaih síu jé
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ siu² dze²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ xiu² zé²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-sió-chiá
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-sió-tsiá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxsioyciar
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁵³/

Noun

大小姐

1. (honorific, imperial) your daughter
2. (obsolete) eldest daughter
3. (colloquial) lazy young girl; pampered girl (from a rich family)

Coordinate terms

(eldest daughter):

• 一小姐
• 二小姐
• 小小姐
• 細小姐／细小姐