小先生

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	one who was born earlier; mister; sir one who was born earlier; mister; sir; gentleman
simp. and trad. (小先生)		小	先生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoxiānsheng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shiau-shi-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxiānsheng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ˙ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosianshe̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsien¹-shêng⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-syān-sheng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushian.sheng
    • Palladius: сяосяньшэн (sjaosjanʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-shi-san
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 shi san
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-xi-san
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ ɕi⁵⁵ sã²¹/

Noun

小先生

1. boy
2. (Wu) virgin female prostitute

Synonyms

• (female prostitute):

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• 先生 (xiānshēng) (archaic)
• 大先生 (Wu, dated)
• 妓女 (jìnǚ)
• 娼妓 (chāngjì)
• 媌 (miáo)
• 幺二 (¹iau-gni) (Wu, dated, inferior)
• 煙花女 / 烟花女 (yānhuānǚ)
• 神女 (shénnǚ) (euphemistic)
• 站街女 (zhànjiēnǚ) (euphemistic)

Dialectal synonyms of 妓女 (“female prostitute”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		娼妓, 妓女, 娼婦
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	妓女, 婊子, 姑娘兒, 窯姐兒, 野花兒
	Taiwan	妓女, 婊子
	Harbin	婊子, 窯子娘們兒, 窯姐兒, 兔兒, 兔子
	Malaysia	雞
	Singapore	妓女, 雞
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	窯姐
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	婊子, 賣窯子的
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	窯子
	Xining	馬班子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	婊子, 娼婦
	Lanzhou	婊子, 窯子
	Ürümqi	婊子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	梭爺子, 婊子婆娘, 婊子, 梭梭, 雞, 貓兒, 野雞, 捨物, 粉臉子 dated
	Wuhan	婊子, 妖姑, 賣貨, 片
	Guiyang	婊子, 娼妓
	Kunming	爛使, 皮旦
	Liuzhou	老舉婆, 老舉, 婊子婆
	Dagudi (Maliba)	賣屄人
	Reshuitang (Longling)	賣屄人
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	妓女, 賣屄婆
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	賣屄人
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	婊子
	Yangzhou	婊子, 姑娘 dated
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老舉, 野雞, 雞
	Hong Kong	妓女, 雞, 老舉, 啄地, 鳳, 鳳姐, 女女, G neologism
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老舉
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老舉
	Macau	老舉, 雞
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老舉
	Foshan	老舉
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老舉
	Foshan (Shunde)	老舉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老舉
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老舉
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	老舉
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老舉, 雞
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老舉, 雞
	Taishan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老舉, 雞
	Enping (Niujiang)	老舉, 雞
	Heshan (Yayao)	老舉
	Dongguan	老舉, 妓女, 雞
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老舉
	Xinyi	老舉
	Nanning	老妓
	Rongxian	雞
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	老舉婆
	Hepu (Shatian)	老契
	Guiping	老舉
	Guiping (Mule)	雞
	Pingnan	雞
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	老舉, 雞
	Guigang (Pingdong)	老舉
	Beihai	老舉
	Beihai (Nankang)	老舉
	Beihai (Yingpan)	老舉婆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老舉, 雞婆
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老舉
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	雞婆
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Singapore (Guangfu)	雞
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老舉
	Móng Cái	老舉
	Yangon (Taishan)	妓女, 老舉, 雞
	Mandalay (Taishan)	女妓
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	老舉, 雞
	Betong (Rongxian)	雞
Gan	Nanchang	姑娘, 婊子, 雀子
	Lichuan	婊子
	Pingxiang	婊子
Hakka	Meixian	婊仔, 火屎, 當賺個, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Xingning	婊哩, 老舉, 老舉嫲, 貨屎, 貨哩
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	老舉, 老舉婆, 雞
	Huiyang	老舉
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老舉嫲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老舉嫲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老舉
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	雞婆, 老舉嫲, 老舉
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老舉嫲
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	雞婆, 老舉嫲
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	老舉
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	老舉
	Changting	鴨子
	Yudu	婊姊, 姑娘, 婊子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	賺食嫲
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	菜店嫲
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	菜店嫲
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	賺食嫲
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	賺食嫲
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	賺食嫲
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	趁食夫娘人, 趁食妹子
	Hong Kong	老舉嫲
	Senai (Huiyang)	老舉, 雞
Huizhou	Jixi	婊子, 賣屄貨
Jin	Taiyuan	婊子, 窯子裡的
	Xinzhou	婊子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	妓嫲
	Jianyang	妓嫲
	Wuyishan	婊子
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	白面, 白面哥
	Fuzhou (Changle)	白面哥
	Fuqing	婊
	Yongtai	白面
	Gutian	做婊子
	Fu'an	白面
	Ningde	白面
	Shouning	婊囝
	Zhouning	婊囝
	Fuding	花娘
	Matsu	白面
Southern Min	Xiamen	婊仔, 娼婊, 水貨, 雞, 趁食查某, 土婊, 間仔查某
	Quanzhou	婊仔, 片仔, 水貨, 雞, 土婊
	Yongchun	婊囝
	Zhangzhou	婊仔, 查某孫, 雞, 雞仔, 土婊, 土婊仔, 間仔查某, 間底查某
	Taipei	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Taipei (Wanhua)	趁食查某
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 豆菜底的
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	趁食查某, 豆菜底
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	趁食查某
	Kaohsiung	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	趁食查某, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	趁食查某, 咧趁的, 菜店查某
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 咧趁的
	Yilan	菜店查某, 趁食查某
	Yilan (Toucheng)	趁食查某
	Changhua (Lukang)	趁食查某
	Taichung	趁食查某
	Taichung (Wuqi)	趁食查某
	Tainan	豆菜底的, 菜店查某, 趁食查某, 貓仔, 咧趁的, 媌仔, 妓女, 路邊花
	Tainan (Anping)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 歹查某, 咧趁的
	Taitung	趁食查某
	Hsinchu	趁食查某
	Kinmen	趁食查某, 相楗的
	Penghu (Magong)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 菜店彪, 妓女
	Penghu (Xiyu)	趁食查某, 菜店查某, 婊囝
	Penang (Hokkien)	歹查某, 雞
	Singapore (Hokkien)	婊仔, 樂洞, 雞
	Manila (Hokkien)	摃婆, 漚摃, 婊, 婊仔, 歹查某, 姣查某, 漚查某, 姣婊
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老妓
	Chaozhou	娼, 雞
	Shantou	花娘, 騷婆, 妓女
	Jieyang	雞, 騷, 騷婆, 查某, 娼囝
	Haifeng	雞, 查某娼
	Bangkok (Teochew)	妓女, 雞
	Chiang Mai (Teochew)	老衍
	Hat Yai (Teochew)	妓女
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	妓女
	Leizhou	娘
	Haikou	娘囝, 娘
Puxian Min	Putian	貨𨈘
	Xianyou	貨𨈘
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	老舉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老妓婆, 婊子婆
Wu	Shanghai	婊子, 妓女, 煤餅
	Shanghai (Chongming)	婊子, 野雞
	Suzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Danyang	婊子
	Hangzhou	婊子, 妓女
	Ningbo	花佬, 婊子
	Wenzhou	大毛, 嬉老, 花兒
	Jinhua	賣胖貨, 賣胖個, 婊子, 婊子貨
Xiang	Changsha	妓女, 婊子, 婊子婆
	Loudi	婊子, 娼婦
	Quanzhou	妓女