# 小子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎozi
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ zi$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siáu-chú / siáu-chír
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎozi
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎozi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: syǎu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau.tzy
*** Palladius: сяоцзы (sjaoczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: síu jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$小子 小指
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-chú
*** Tâi-lô: siáu-tsú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siawzuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-chír
*** Tâi-lô: siáu-tsír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴/

#### Noun

小子
* (colloquial) boy
* (colloquial) bloke; dude; fellow
* (dialectal, colloquial) son
* servant
* Used as a term of contempt for adult males.
** 1976 revised / 1955–56, 金庸, chapter 1, in 書劍恩仇錄, 明河社, page 29:
       Wǒ Yán Shìkuí Guāndōng Liù Mó de míngtóu, kě shì kào zhēn gōngfū zhèng lái de, bù xiàng yǒu xiē xiǎozi zài biāoháng lǐ hùn, chú le huì chī fàn, jiù shì huì fàng pì! [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Note: The glyph of 會 in this text is composed of ⿳亼田日 (external image).
** c. 1980s – 1992, 单田芳, 9:17 from the start, in 三侠五义（评书）, 180 episodes edition, episode 1:
       Zánmen dān shuō zhèi yī tiān, dà guójiù Ānlehóu Páng Yù, xǐ liǎn shù kǒu zhī bì, hē zhe bīngláng yànwō zhōu. Zhèi xiǎozi xīn lǐ shí fēn déyì ya. Wèishénme? [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2001, Chiung Yao, 情深深雨濛濛, 49 episodes edition, episode 41, 王琳 (actor):
       Hǎo wa, nǐ xiǎozi yě zài zhèr! [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Used as an affectionate term for adult males that are not significantly older than the speaker.
** 2004, 高翀, “角马的故事” (10:39 from the start), in 家有儿女, season 1, episode 10, 高亚麟 (actor):
       Wǒ zhèi cì jiù děng nǐ zhè jiā gōngsī ne! Ràng suǒyǒu de féishuǐ dōu liú dào nǐ xiǎozi dùzi lǐ. Tāshi le ba? [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2006, 胡名波, “没男的毕业半年”, in 中国青年‎, 新浪新闻 republished edition:
       Dāngwǎn, yuǎn zài Shēnzhèn de lǎo tóngxué dǎ lái diànhuà shuō: “Xiǎozi, bù cuò a! Yī xiàzi jiù nòng le ge zhǔrèn, ‘qián’ tú wúliàng ō.” [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Synonyms

* (boy):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 童子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 男孩, 男孩子, 男童 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 男孩兒, 小子, 兒花兒, 男花兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 男孩子, 男孩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 男孩兒, 小子, 學生, 小小子 young, 小小兒 young |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 男孩子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小子, 小小兒 young, 末末丟子 young, 末子 young, 小末子 young |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 小扫兒️ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 小廝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 小廝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 男孩兒, 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 男孩兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 娃子, 娃子娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 嘎子, 滿灘跑 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 娃子, 男娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 兒娃子, 男娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 男娃子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒, 兒娃子, 兒娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 男伢, 兒子伢, 兒伢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 男娃娃, 男娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 男把爺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 奶崽家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 男娃崽, 男崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 小兒子, 漢子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 小兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 兒子, 漢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 男娃兒, 男娃, 男孩兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 男霞子, 小伙, 小老爹 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 小伙家 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小廝 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 小子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 男仔, 男仔頭, 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 男仔, 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 男子仔 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 男細仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongxing | 儂仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 男仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 男仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 崽哩子, 崽哩, 男崽子 |
| Gan | Pengze | 男妹 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 伢兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 倈牯, 倈仔, 倈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細倈仔, 細哥仔, 細阿哥仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 男仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 僬仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老哥仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 男仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 男仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細倈仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細倈仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細倈仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細倈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細倈仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 囝子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 男娃娃, 小子, 小後生 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小小子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 丈夫囝仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 丈夫囝, 男囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 丈夫囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 丈夫囝, 男囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 公爹囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 丈夫囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 丈夫囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 男囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 男崽 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 子子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 男小囡, 男囡頭, 男小娃兒, 男小人 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 男小囡, 男小官, 猴子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 男小干, 小干兒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 兒子家, 老小, 老小家 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 男伢兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小娃兒, 小娃兒頭, 男小娃兒, 娃兒 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 男兒, 兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 男小個 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 伢子, 伢崽子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 伢唧, 伢粒, 伢人細唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 伢唧, 細伢唧 |
* (son):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 子, 兒, 男兒 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 兒子, 男孩, 男孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 兒子, 小子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 兒子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 兒子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 兒子, 小子, 少的 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 兒得 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 兒, 小廝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 小兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 兒, 兒子, 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 兒子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 小子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 兒郎, 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 兒, 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 娃, 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 兒得 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 兒子, 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 孩兒, 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 兒, 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 兒子, 後人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 兒子, 娃娃, 尕娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 兒子, 小子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 兒子, 兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 兒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 兒子, 後人 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 娃子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 兒子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 兒子, 兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 兒子, 娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 兒, 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 兒, 兒子, 娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 兒子, 娃兒, 兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 兒子, 小鬼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 兒子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 娃兒, 兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 兒子, 小子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 崽, 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 崽, 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Sanjiang (Danzhou) | 娃崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 兒子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 侯 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 兒子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 兒, 兒把子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 仔, 阿仔, 仔仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 阿仔 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 仔, 仔兒 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 儂 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 兒 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 儂 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 兒 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 兒 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 仔 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 仔 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 崽 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 崽, 子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 崽, 倈牯, 倈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 倈兒, 子 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 阿仔, 子 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 倈伊 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 仔, 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 仔, 阿仔 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 阿弟 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 倈 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 阿子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 倈子, 子哩, 子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 子哩, 兒子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 子哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 子, 倈倈子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 崽 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 崽, 倈兒 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 崽 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 崽哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 倈, 細倈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 倈仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 子 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 仔 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 仔, 子 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 子, 仔 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 子 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 子 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 倈子, 子 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 子 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 子 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 子 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 子 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 倈哩 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 倈 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 倈子 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 倈子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 兒子, 伢兒 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 兒子, 小倈 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 崽 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 兒子 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 兒子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 小子 |
| Jin | Datong | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 兒, 小子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 兒, 小子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 兒得, 孩得 |
| Jin | Linhe | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Jining | 小子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 小子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 小子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 兒子 |
| Jin | Handan | 兒子, 小子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 孩哦 |
| Jin | Suide | 兒, 小子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 囝, 囝仔 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang (Huangkeng) | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 囝 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 囝, 後生, 後的 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 囝, 後生, 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 後生, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 後生, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 囝, 後生, 後的 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 囝, 後生, 後生囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 後生, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 後生, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 囝, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 崽 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 囝, 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 囝, 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 囝, 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 囝, 逗囝, 孥, 阿孥 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 囝, 丈夫囝, 逗囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 囝, 丈夫囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 囝, 細囝, 孧囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 囝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 囝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 囝 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 囝仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 囝仔 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 囝兒 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 囝兒 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 囝 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 囝 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 崽 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 崽 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 仔 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 仔 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 仔 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 仔 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 仔 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 仔 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 仔 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 仔 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 仔 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 仔 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 仔 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 仔 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 仔 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 兒子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 兒子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 兒子 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 兒子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 兒子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 兒子, 伢兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 兒子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 兒, 兒子 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 崽伢子, 崽, 伢子 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 崽, 崽伢唧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 崽 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 崽, 伢唧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 崽 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 崽 |

##### Derived terms

* 假小子 (jiǎxiǎozi)
* 壞小子／坏小子 (huàixiǎozi)
* 渾小子／浑小子 (húnxiǎozi)
* 腳本小子／脚本小子 (jiǎoběn xiǎozi)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎozǐ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ zi$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎozǐ [Phonetic: xiáozǐ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎozǐh
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-tzŭ$^3$
*** Yale: syǎu-dž
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheautzyy
*** Palladius: сяоцзы (sjaoczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: síu jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$小子 小指
* Middle Chinese: sjewX tsiX
Rime :
| Character | 小 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) | 之 (19) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 私兆切 | 即里切 |
| Baxter | sjewX | tsiX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇu$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛu$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæu$^X$/ | /t͡sie$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siaw$^X$/ | /t͡sɨ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛu$^X$/ | /t͡siə$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛu$^X$/ | /t͡sĭə$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /si̯ɛu$^X$/ | /t͡si$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiǎo | zǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^2$ | zi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ewʔ tsəʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*smewʔ ʔslɯʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 小 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiǎo | zǐ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjew$^X$ › | ‹ tsi$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]ewʔ/ | /*tsəʔ/ |
| English | small | child; gentleman, master |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 小 | 子 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 13705 | 17857 |
| Phonetic component | 小 | 子 |
| Rime group | 宵 | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 小 | 子 |
| Old Chinese | /*smewʔ/ | /*ʔslɯʔ/ |
| Notes | 甲金文象沙而指小， 指事字 | |

#### Noun

小子
* (literary) young person
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE
    yǔ wéi xiǎozǐ [Pinyin]
    I am a young person.

#### Pronoun

小子
* (literary, modest, used before one's elders) I; me