# 小官
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎoguān
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ gun$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoguān
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoguan
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-kuan$^1$
*** Yale: syǎu-gwān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauguan
*** Palladius: сяогуань (sjaoguanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ gun$^1$
*** Yale: síu gūn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ gun$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ gun$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

### Noun

小官
* (literary) minor official
* (literary) modest term of self-address
* (literary) shop assistant

#### Synonyms

* (minor official): (literary) 小吏 (xiǎolì), (literary) 胥吏 (xūlì)
* (shop assistant): (dated, informal) 夥計／伙计 (huǒjì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 小 | 官 |
| しょう Grade: 1 | かん Grade: 4 |

### Pronoun

小(しょう)官(かん) • (shōkan)
* (humble, government) first person singular pronoun: I, me

#### Usage notes

* A slightly old-fashioned term which may be used by government officials to refer to themselves. Literally a "petty official".

### See also

Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)
First-person pronouns by elementary school pupils (2008) :
| Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Female | To friends | うち (uchi) 49% | First name 26% | あたし (atashi) 15% |
| Female | In the family | First name 33% | あたし (atashi) 29% | うち (uchi) 23% |
| Female | In a class | わたし (watashi) 86% | あたし (atashi) 7% | うち (uchi) 6% |
| Female | To an unknown visitor | わたし (watashi) 75% | あたし (atashi), first name, うち (uchi) 8% each | あたし (atashi), first name, うち (uchi) 8% each |
| Female | To the class teacher | わたし (watashi) 66% | First name 13% | あたし (atashi) 9% |
| Male | To friends | おれ (ore) 72% | ぼく (boku) 19% | First name 4% |
| Male | In the family | おれ (ore) 62% | ぼく (boku) 23% | うち (uchi) 6% |
| Male | In a class | ぼく (boku) 85% | おれ (ore) 13% | First name, nickname 1% each |
| Male | To an unknown visitor | ぼく (boku) 64% | おれ (ore) 26% | First name 4% |
| Male | To the class teacher | ぼく (boku) 67% | おれ (ore) 27% | First name 3% |
First-person pronouns by university students (2009) :
| Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Female | To friends | うち (uchi) 39% | あたし (atashi) 30% | わたし (watashi) 22% |
| Female | In the family | あたし (atashi) 28% | First name 27% | うち (uchi) 18% |
| Female | In a class | わたし (watashi) 89% | あたし (atashi) 7% | 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 3% |
| Female | To an unknown visitor | わたし (watashi) 81% | あたし (atashi) 10% | 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 6% |
| Female | To the class teacher | わたし (watashi) 77% | あたし (atashi) 17% | 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 7% |
| Male | To friends | おれ (ore) 87% | うち (uchi) 4% | わたし (watashi), 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 2% each |
| Male | In the family | おれ (ore) 88% | ぼく (boku), 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 5% each | ぼく (boku), 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 5% each |
| Male | In a class | わたし (watashi) 48% | 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 28% | ぼく (boku) 22% |
| Male | To an unknown visitor | ぼく (boku) 36% | 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 29% | わたし (watashi) 22% |
| Male | To the class teacher | 自分(じぶん) (jibun) 38% | ぼく (boku) 29% | わたし (watashi) 22% |