小二

Chinese

Etymology 1

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	two
simp. and trad. (小二)		小	二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎo'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ji^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo-èr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-êrh⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauell
    • Palladius: сяоэр (sjaoer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² ji^6-2
    • Yale: síu yí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ji^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yi^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jiː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

小二

1. (dated) young waiter (e.g. at an old-styled teahouse)

Synonyms

• 企檯／企台 (kei⁵ toi^4-2) (Cantonese)
• 侍應／侍应 (shìyìng) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 侍應生／侍应生 (shìyìngshēng) (chiefly Cantonese)
• 侍者 (shìzhě) (formal)
• 堂倌 (tángguān) (literary)
• 夥計／伙计 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
• 夥記／伙记 (huǒjì) (dated, informal)
• 服務員／服务员 (fúwùyuán)
• 服務生／服务生 (fúwùshēng) (chiefly male)
• 走堂 (zǒutáng) (literary, or Min Nan, dated)
• 走堂的 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 走桌 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 走桌的 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 跑堂 (pǎotáng) (dated)
• 跑堂的 (Jin)

 

Derived terms

• 小二哥
• 店小二 (diànxiǎo'èr)

 

See also

• 小三 (xiǎosān)

Etymology 2

		primary school	two
simp. and trad. (小二)		小	二

Short for 小學二年級／小学二年级 (xiǎoxué èr niánjí).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎo'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo-èr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-êrh⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauell
    • Palladius: сяоэр (sjaoer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² ji⁶
    • Yale: síu yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jiː²²/

Noun

小二

1. second year in primary school; second grade

Etymology 3

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	two
simp. and trad. (小二)		小	二

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎo'èr

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo'èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo-èr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-êrh⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauell
    • Palladius: сяоэр (sjaoer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ⁵¹/

Noun

小二

1. Diminutive of 二鍋頭／二锅头 (èrguōtóu, “erguotou”)