"少爺" meaning in Chinese

See 少爺 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /siːu̯³³ jɛː²¹/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /siau²¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /siau²¹⁻⁵³ ia¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /siau¹¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /siau²¹⁻⁴¹ ia²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /sæ⁴⁴ ɦiɑ/ [Wu, Northern, Suzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 少爷 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 少爺
  1. young master (form of address formerly used by a servant to address his or her master's son)
    Sense id: en-少爺-zh-noun-~iItQoub Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Male Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 79 18 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 8 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 8 3 Disambiguation of Male: 74 26 0
  2. young man (often pampered) from a wealthy or noble family
    Sense id: en-少爺-zh-noun-yKVwJKVl Categories (other): Family Disambiguation of Family: 0 100 0
  3. (archaic, honorific) (somebody's, your) son Tags: archaic, honorific
    Sense id: en-少爺-zh-noun-Hn~54WUa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 小爺, 小爷 Derived forms: 少爺仔, 少爷仔, 空中少爺 (kōngzhōng shàoyé), 空中少爷 (kōngzhōng shàoyé)
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kōngzhōng shàoyé",
      "word": "空中少爺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kōngzhōng shàoyé",
      "word": "空中少爷"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "89 8 3",
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          "master",
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          "man",
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        [
          "pampered",
          "pampered"
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        [
          "wealthy",
          "wealthy"
        ],
        [
          "noble",
          "noble"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
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        "(somebody's, your) son"
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        "(archaic, honorific) (somebody's, your) son"
      ],
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        "honorific"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàoyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄠˋ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siàu-iâ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹sau₃-ya₂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàoyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàoye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄠˋ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄠˋ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàoye̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shao⁴-yeh⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàu-ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shaw.ye"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šaoje",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шаое"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu yèh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiu³ yé⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³³ jɛː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siàu-iâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siàu-iâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siao'iaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau²¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau²¹⁻⁵³ ia¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau¹¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau²¹⁻⁴¹ ia²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹sau₃-ya₂"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sau^上 ya^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sæ⁴⁴ ɦiɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "小爺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "小爷"
    }
  ],
  "word": "少爺"
}
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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 少",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 爺",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Family",
    "zh:Male",
    "zh:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "少爺仔"
    },
    {
      "word": "少爷仔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōngzhōng shàoyé",
      "word": "空中少爺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kōngzhōng shàoyé",
      "word": "空中少爷"
    }
  ],
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        "Simplified-Chinese"
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      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "man",
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        ],
        [
          "pampered",
          "pampered"
        ],
        [
          "wealthy",
          "wealthy"
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          "noble",
          "noble"
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        "Chinese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
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        "(somebody's, your) son"
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      ],
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        "(archaic, honorific) (somebody's, your) son"
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "honorific"
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàoyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄠˋ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siàu-iâ"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹sau₃-ya₂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàoyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàoye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄠˋ ㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄕㄠˋ ˙ㄧㄝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàoye̊"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shao⁴-yeh⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shàu-ye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "shaw.ye"
    },
    {
      "roman": "šaoje",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "шаое"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ jɛ¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³ je⁴"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu yèh"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siu³ je⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xiu³ yé⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siːu̯³³ jɛː²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siàu-iâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siàu-iâ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "siao'iaa"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau²¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau²¹⁻⁵³ ia¹³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau¹¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siau²¹⁻⁴¹ ia²³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "¹sau₃-ya₂"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sau^上 ya^平"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sæ⁴⁴ ɦiɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Suzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "小爺"
    },
    {
      "word": "小爷"
    }
  ],
  "word": "少爺"
}

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