小僧

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	monk
simp. and trad. (小僧)		小	僧

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎosēng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² zang¹, siu² sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎosēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauseng
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ sɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: siu² zang¹, siu² sang¹
  - Yale: síu jāng, síu sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² dzang¹, siu² sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² zeng¹, xiu² seng¹
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/, /siːu̯³⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小僧
    小生

Noun

小僧

(Buddhism) novice Buddhist monk

Pronoun

小僧

(Buddhism, by a monk, humble) I

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	僧
こ Grade: 1	そう > ぞう Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

From 小 (ko, "small," "little") + 僧 (sō, "bonze," "Buddhist monk")

Pronunciation

Yutōyomi
- (Tokyo) こぞー [kòzóꜜò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞zo̞ː]

Noun

小僧 (hiragana こぞう, rōmaji kozō)

priestling, young Buddhist priest
servant boy in a merchant house (now obsolete)
kid, brat, youngster

Synonyms

(youngster): 坊 (ぼう)主 (ず) (bōzu)

Derived terms

Derived terms

カメラ小僧 (kamera kozō): amateur photographer
一つ目小僧 (hitotsume kozō): one-eyed goblin
小便小僧 (shōben kozō): cupid statues
悪戯小僧 (itazura kozō): mischievous boy

洟垂れ小僧 (hana-tare kozō): snot-nosed kid
腕白小僧 (wanbaku kozō): naughty boy
膝小僧 (hizakozō): knee
門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む (monzen no kozō narawame kyō o yomu): a saint's maid quotes Latin

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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