# 小姐
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiǎojiě
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ ze$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-chí
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sió-chiá / siău-chê
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sio$^2$ zia$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$shiau-cia$_5$ / $^3$shiau-$^1$ci$_3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎojiě [Phonetic: xiáojiě]
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojiě
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^3$-chieh$^3$
*** Yale: syǎu-jyě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujiee
*** Palladius: сяоцзе (sjaocze)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$小姐 小解
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ ze$^2$
*** Yale: síu jé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ dze$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ zé$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-chí
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˋ$ ji$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^3$ ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ t͡si³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-chiá
*** Tâi-lô: sió-tsiá
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioyciar
*** IPA (Lukang): /sio⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡sia⁵⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sia⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /sio⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sia⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siău-chê
*** Tâi-lô: sia̋u-tsê
*** IPA (Tainan): /siau³⁵ t͡se²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau³⁵ t͡se²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sio$^2$ zia$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sió tsiá
*** Sinological IPA : /sio⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sia⁵²⁻²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shiau-cia$_5$
*** MiniDict: shiau$^去$ cia$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xiau-jia$_2$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ t͡ɕia⁴⁴/
** (Northern: Jiaxing)
*** Wugniu: $^3$shiau-$^1$ci$_3$
*** MiniDict: shiau$^上$ ci$^上$
*** Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɕiɔ⁴⁴ t͡ɕi⁵³/

### Noun

小姐
* Miss (a term of address for a young or unmarried woman)
    王小姐來了。／王小姐来了。 ― Wáng xiǎojiě lái le. ― Miss Wang is here. / Miss Wang is coming.
       Zhàngwù yóu xīnxì de Lǐ xiǎojiě jīngshǒu, juéduì bùhuì chūcuò. [Pinyin]
       The accounting is carefully handled by Miss Li; absolutely no mistakes are made.
* young lady
* young lady of gentry family
    大小姐 ― dà xiǎojiě ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
       xiǎojiě de shēnzi yāhuan de mìng [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (dated or Mainland China slang) prostitute

#### Usage notes
##### Mainland usage issue

* In mainland China, 小姐 is less used to mean “young lady” / “Miss” because the meaning “prostitute” took over the original meaning.
* For addressing a young lady or using a title for one, one can use 女士 (nǚshì) instead. To call a waitress, the word 服務員／服务员 (fúwùyuán) is available.
* The usage of 小姐 still survives...
** as titles in beauty contests (e.g. 世界小姐).
** in fictions.
** in some compound words such as 大小姐 (dàxiǎojiě).

#### Synonyms

* 女士 (nǚshì, “lady; miss”)
* (young lady): (Hokkien, dated) 娘仔

#### Derived terms

* 一小姐
* 三陪小姐 (sānpéixiǎojiě)
* 二小姐
* 公關小姐 / 公关小姐 (gōngguān xiǎojiě)
* 千金小姐
* 大小姐 (dàxiǎojiě)
* 小姐們兒 / 小姐们儿
* 小姐身子丫鬟命
* 小小姐
* 禮儀小姐 / 礼仪小姐
* 空中小姐 (kōngzhōng xiǎojiě)
* 細小姐 / 细小姐
* 陪唱小姐 (péi chàng xiǎojiě)

### See also

* 太太 (tàitai, “madame, wife”)
* 夫人 (fūrén, “madame”)
* 先生 (xiānshēng, “mister”)

### References

* “Entry #362”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.