小僧

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

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• 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:

      edit edit 小僧 小生

Noun

小僧

1. (Buddhism) novice Buddhist monk

Pronoun

小僧

1. (Buddhism, by a monk, humble) I

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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)

1. priestling, young Buddhist priest
2. servant boy in a merchant house (now obsolete)
3. 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

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN