小蜜

Chinese

		little	honey; mistress
simp. and trad. (小蜜)		小	蜜

Etymology

Sense “mistress” of 蜜 (mì, “honey”) is a phono-semantic matching of English Miss, mistress.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎomì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎomì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎomì
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-mi⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaumih
    • Palladius: сяоми (sjaomi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² mat⁶
    • Yale: síu maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ mɐt̚²/

Noun

小蜜

1. (slang) mistress (usually of a rich or powerful man)

Synonyms

• 情婦／情妇 (qíngfù)