小的

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of
simp. and trad. (小的)		小	的

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎode

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄉㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² dik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎode
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄉㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎode̊
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-tê⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-de
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.de
    • Palladius: сяодэ (sjaodɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d̥ə⁴/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 小的 曉得／晓得

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² dik¹
    • Yale: síu dīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² dig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ tɪk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小滴 小的

Noun

小的

1. the small or little one
2. young child
3. (dated) servant
4. (dialectal) concubine

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 妾 (“concubine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妾, 姬, 媵, 妾媵, 媵妾, 侍妾, 姬妾, 側室, 偏室, 姑娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妾, 偏房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小太太兒, 小婆婆兒, 小奶奶兒, 小的兒
	Taiwan	小老婆, 姨太太
	Harbin	小老婆
	Singapore	小老婆
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	小老婆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	小老婆兒, 小婆子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	小老婆兒
	Wanrong	小婆子
	Xi'an	小婆子, 小
	Xuzhou	小的兒, 小的, 小兒, 小點子, 小婆兒, 小婆子, 庶夫人
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	小老婆, 小
	Lanzhou	小老婆
	Ürümqi	小老婆
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	小老婆, 小婆子
	Wuhan	小堂客, 小, 姨太太
	Guiyang	小婆娘, 姨太太
	Liuzhou	小的, 小, 小老婆, 小婆
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	小老婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細婆, 妾侍
	Hong Kong	細婆, 妾侍
	Dongguan	細婆
Gan	Nanchang	小老婆, 小
	Lichuan	小婆
	Pingxiang	小老婆, 小婆子
Hakka	Meixian	小婆
	Yudu	小老婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細姐仔, 細婆, 偏房
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細姐, 細姨, 偏房
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細姨, 偏房
Huizhou	Jixi	細老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	小老婆, 姨娘, 姨太太
	Xinzhou	小婆子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小嬤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細婆 non-face-to-face, 細姐：face-to-face, 姨太 older, 姑娘 younger, face to face
Southern Min	Xiamen	細姨
	Quanzhou	細姨
	Jinjiang	細姨
	Zhangzhou	細姨
	Taipei	細姨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	細姨
	Kaohsiung	細姨
	Yilan	細姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	細姨
	Taichung	細姨
	Tainan	細姨
	Hsinchu	細姨
	Kinmen	細姨
	Penghu (Magong)	細姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	細姨
	Leizhou	細娘
	Haikou	細姩, 細老婆, 孧老婆, 細
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細婆
Wu	Shanghai	小老媽, 小老婆, 小娘子, 偏房
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小老婆, 小老官, 姨太太
	Suzhou	小老媽
	Danyang	小老媽
	Hangzhou	小老婆
	Ningbo	小老𡢿
	Wenzhou	姨娘, 姨娘兒
	Jinhua	小老婆, 小婆
Xiang	Changsha	小婆子, 小堂客
	Loudi	小

Pronoun

小的

1. (dated, humble) I, me

   • 眞娘常白于花潭曰：「松都有三絶。」先生曰：「云何？」曰：「朴淵瀑布及先生曁小的也。」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《惺所覆瓿藁》 by Heo Gyun, 1613

     진랑^(이) 상백어화담 왈 송도유삼절^{(하나니이다).} 선생 왈 운하^(오)? 왈 박연폭포^(요) 급선생^(이며) 기소적야^(노이다).
     Jillang[-i] sang baeg eo Hwadam wal: "Songdo yu sam jeol[-hananiida]." Seonsaeng wal: "Un ha[-o]?" Wal: "Bagyeon pokpo[-yo] geup seonsaeng[-imyeo] gi sojeog ya[-noida]." [Sino-Korean]

     Hwang Jini would often tell Seo Gyeongdeok, "There are three peerless marvels in the Capital of Pines." Seo would say, "What are they?" She would say, "First, the Bagyeon Falls. Second, you. Finally, me."