小女子

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎonǚzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² neoi⁵ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎonǚzǐ [Phonetic: xiǎonǘzǐ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄋㄩˇ ㄗˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauneutzyy
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ny²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² neoi⁵ zi²
  - Yale: síu néuih jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² noey⁵ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² nêu⁵ ji²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ nɵy̯¹³ t͡siː³⁵/

Pronoun

小女子

(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.

Noun

小女子 (hiragana こうなご, katakana コウナゴ, rōmaji kōnago)

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

Antonyms

大 (おお)女 (な)子 (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”)

Noun

小女子 (hiragana こおなご, rōmaji koonago)

(fiction) little girl

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