小妮子

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	girl; slave-girl; servant girl girl; slave-girl; servant girl; maid
trad. (小妮子)		小	妮子
simp. ^#(小妮子)		小	妮子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎonīzi, xiǎonízi

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧ ˙ㄗ, ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² nei⁴ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎonīzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎonizi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-ni¹-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: syǎu-nī-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaunhi.tzy
  - Palladius: сяоницзы (sjaoniczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni⁵⁵ d͡z̥z̩²/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎonízi
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄧˊ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎonízi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-ni²-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: syǎu-ní-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauni.tzy
  - Palladius: сяоницзы (sjaoniczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² nei⁴ zi²
  - Yale: síu nèih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² nei⁴ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² néi⁴ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ nei̯²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

小妮子

(dialectal) girl
- 自家張驢兒，可奈那竇娥百般的不肯隨順我；如今那老婆子害病，我討服毒藥與他吃了，藥死那老婆子，這小妮子好歹做我的老婆。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  自家张驴儿，可奈那窦娥百般的不肯随顺我；如今那老婆子害病，我讨服毒药与他吃了，药死那老婆子，这小妮子好歹做我的老婆。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing, The Injustice to Dou E
  Zìjiā Zhāng Lǘ'ér, kěnài nà Dòu É bǎibān de bùkěn suíshùn wǒ; rújīn nà lǎopózi hàibìng, wǒ tǎo fú dúyào yǔ tā chī le, yàosǐ nà lǎopózǐ, zhè xiǎonīzi hǎodǎi zuò wǒ de lǎopó. [Pinyin]
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(obsolete) slave-girl; servant girl; maid

Synonyms

(maid):

丫頭／丫头 (yātou)
丫鬟 (yāhuan)
使女 (shǐnǚ)
女侍 (nǚshì)
女奴 (nǚnú)
女婢 (nǚbì)
女招待 (nǚzhāodài)
妮子 (nīzi) (obsolete)
婢女 (bìnǚ)

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