小女子

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	woman; female; daughter
trad. (小女子)		小	女子
simp. #(小女子)		小	女子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎonǚzǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² neoi⁵ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎonǚzǐ [Phonetic: xiǎonǘzǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎonyǔzǐh
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-nü³-tzŭ³
    • Yale: syǎu-nyǔ-dž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauneutzyy
    • Palladius: сяонюйцзы (sjaonjujczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² neoi⁵ zi²
    • Yale: síu néuih jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² noey⁵ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² nêu⁵ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ nɵy̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/

Pronoun

小女子

1. (dated, humble, used by a young woman) I

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	女	子
こ > こう Grade: 1	おんな > な Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1

Originally this was just an alternative name for sand lance, but has come to mean a small one specifically.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːna̠ɡo̞]

Noun

小(こう)女(な)子(ご) or 小女子(コウナゴ) • (kōnago) 

1. sand lance, usually a small sand lance of about 5cm full-length

Antonyms

• 大女子(おおなご) (ōnago)

Related terms

• 玉筋魚(いかなご) (ikanago)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	女	子
こ Grade: 1	おんな > おな Grade: 1	こ > ご Grade: 1
kun'yomi

小 (ko-, “small”) +‎ 女子 (onago, “female child”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞o̞na̠ɡo̞]

Noun

小(こ)女(おな)子(ご) • (koonago) 

1. (fiction) little girl