小卒

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	die; soldier; abruptly die; soldier; abruptly; hurriedly
simp. and trad. (小卒)		小	卒

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎozú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zeot¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎozú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautzwu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡su³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² zeot¹
  - Yale: síu jēut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzoet⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² zêd¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡ʃɵt̚⁵/

Noun

小卒

(literary, military) low ranking soldier; foot soldier; private
(literary) ordinary person
(chess) pawn

Derived terms

無名小卒／无名小卒 (wúmíng xiǎozú)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	卒
こ Grade: 1	Grade: 4
kun’yomi	Irregular

Alternative forms

小倅
小せがれ

Etymology

小 (こ) (ko, “little”) + 倅 (せがれ) (segare, “one's own son”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞se̞ɡa̠ɾe̞]

Noun

小卒 (hiragana こせがれ, rōmaji kosegare)

(offensive) young male
(deprecating) one's own son

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