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

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• 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

1. (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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2. (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)