小鮮肉

See also: 小鲜肉

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	fresh meat
trad. (小鮮肉)		小	鮮肉
simp. (小鲜肉)		小	鲜肉

Etymology

Popularized by the Taiwanese variety-comedy talk show Kangsi Coming, which ran from 2004 to 2016.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoxiānròu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sin¹ juk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxiānròu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosianròu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsien¹-jou⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-syān-ròu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushianrow
    • Palladius: сяосяньжоу (sjaosjanʹžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxiānròur
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄖㄡˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosianròur
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsien¹-jou⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-syān-ròur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushianrowl
    • Palladius: сяосяньжоур (sjaosjanʹžour)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐɤʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² sin¹ juk⁶
    • Yale: síu sīn yuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sin¹ juk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xin¹ yug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ siːn⁵⁵ jʊk̚²/

Noun

小鮮肉

1. (neologism, slang) young handsome boy