小姐
Chinese
editsmall; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young |
older sister | ||
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trad. (小姐) | 小 | 姐 | |
simp. #(小姐) | 小 | 姐 |
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu2 ze2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-chí
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5shiau-cia5 / 3shiau-1ci3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojiě
- Wade–Giles: hsiao3-chieh3
- Yale: syǎu-jyě
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujiee
- Palladius: сяоцзе (sjaocze)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
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小解
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: siu2 ze2
- Yale: síu jé
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2 dze2
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2 zé2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-chí
- Hakka Romanization System: seuˋ jiˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: seu3 ji3
- Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ t͡si³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Southern Min
Noun
edit小姐
- Miss (a term of address for a young or unmarried woman)
- young lady
- (chiefly Mainland China, dated or slang) barmaid; prostitute
Usage notes
edit- In mainland China, 小姐 is less used to mean “young lady” because the meaning “prostitute” took over the original meaning; 女士 (nǚshì) is used instead.
- One can still use 小姐 as a title (see the usage example).
- One should not use 小姐 to call a waitress; the neutral word 服務員/服务员 (fúwùyuán) should be used for that instead.
- The definition may revert somewhat in the distant future (as with 姑娘 (gūniang)).
- The term is still used in some compound words such as 大小姐 (dàxiǎojiě).
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- “Entry #362”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
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