小官

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (小官)		小	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoguan
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-kuan¹
    • Yale: syǎu-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauguan
    • Palladius: сяогуань (sjaoguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gun¹
    • Yale: síu gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

小官

1. (literary) minor official
2. (literary) modest term of self-address
3. (literary) shop assistant

Synonyms

• (minor official): (literary) 小吏 (xiǎolì), (literary) 胥吏 (xūlì)
• (shop assistant): (dated, informal) 夥計／伙计 (huǒjì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	官
しょう Grade: 1	かん Grade: 4

Pronoun

小(しょう)官(かん) • (shōkan) 

1. (humble, government) first person singular pronoun: I, me

Usage notes

• A slightly old-fashioned term which may be used by government officials to refer to themselves. Literally a "petty official".

See also

Japanese first-person pronouns

Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)

First-person pronouns by elementary school pupils (2008)

Speaker	Situation	1	2	3
Female	To friends	うち 49%	First name 26%	あたし 15%
	In the family	First name 33%	あたし 29%	うち 23%
	In a class	わたし 86%	あたし 7%	うち 6%
	To an unknown visitor	わたし 75%	あたし, first name, うち 8% each
	To the class teacher	わたし 66%	First name 13%	あたし 9%
Male	To friends	おれ 72%	ぼく 19%	First name 4%
	In the family	おれ 62%	ぼく 23%	うち 6%
	In a class	ぼく 85%	おれ 13%	First name, nickname 1% each
	To an unknown visitor	ぼく 64%	おれ 26%	First name 4%
	To the class teacher	ぼく 67%	おれ 27%	First name 3%

First-person pronouns by university students (2009)

Speaker	Situation	1	2	3
Female	To friends	うち 39%	あたし 30%	わたし 22%
	In the family	あたし 28%	First name 27%	うち 18%
	In a class	わたし 89%	あたし 7%	自分 3%
	To an unknown visitor	わたし 81%	あたし 10%	自分 6%
	To the class teacher	わたし 77%	あたし 17%	自分 7%
Male	To friends	おれ 87%	うち 4%	わたし, 自分 2% each
	In the family	おれ 88%	ぼく, 自分 5% each
	In a class	わたし 48%	自分 28%	ぼく 22%
	To an unknown visitor	ぼく 36%	自分 29%	わたし 22%
	To the class teacher	自分 38%	ぼく 29%	わたし 22%