假小子

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	boy; bloke; dude boy; bloke; dude; fellow
simp. and trad. (假小子)		假	小子
Literally: “fake boy”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎxiǎozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa² siu² zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎxiǎozi [Phonetic: jiáxiǎozi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎsiǎozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-hsiao³-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: jyǎ-syǎu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeasheau.tzy
    • Palladius: цзясяоцзы (czjasjaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaa² siu² zi²
    • Yale: gá síu jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaa² siu² dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ga² xiu² ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

假小子

1. (colloquial) tomboy (girl who acts like a boy)

Synonyms

• 女漢子／女汉子 (nǚhànzi)
• 男人婆 (nánrénpó)
• (Sichuanese) 假男娃子
• (Cantonese) 男仔頭／男仔头
• (Hokkien) 查某公