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siu2included in 4 dictionaries
sliu2included in 1 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter
Jyutping:
siu2

#細；大嘅相反，形容事物嘅面積或體積不如被比較嘅對象，又或者引申泛指任何方面不如其他同類 (small; little; lesser; minor)

語素

Examples

#小學

siu2 hok6

primary school

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter
Jyutping:
siu2

#屌 嘅諧音；指鬧人，或發泄用嘅字眼 (near homophone and euphemism for #屌 diu2; usually means scold but sometimes used as an expletive)

動詞

Examples

我再唔返去就會俾老婆小。

ngo5 zoi3 m4 faan1 heoi3 zau6 wui5 bei2 lou5 po4 siu2

If I don't go home now, I'll be scolded by my wife.

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter
Jyutping:
siu2

通常放喺人名同親戚稱呼前面嘅前綴 (a prefix used before names and kinship terms)

詞綴

Examples

小明

siu2 ming4

(little) Ming

粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongCharacter
Jyutping:
siu2

#小學 (primary school; elementary school)

語素

Examples

小二

siu2 ji6

primary 2

維基辭典YueCharacter
Jyutping:
siu2
01

small, tiny, little

Examples

小孩

child

02

minor, petty

03

briefly, for a short while

Examples

小憩

brief rest

04

slightly, a little

05

young

Examples

小狗

puppy

小貓

kitten

小羊

lamb

這嬰兒太小了，不能自己吃東西。

The baby is too young to feed itself.

小布什

Bush Jr. (George W. Bush)

06

youngest

Examples

小兒子

youngest son

07

a young person; child, kid, baby

Examples

一家老小

the entire family, old and young

08

Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 (lǎo) for elder people).

Examples

For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李.

09

my, our

Examples

小弟

[humble] I

小女

[humble] my daughter

小姓陳，請多關照。

My surname is Chen, nice to meet you.

10

short for 小學／小学 (xiǎoxué, “primary school”)；Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school.

Examples

二小

No. 2 Primary School

11

short for 小學／小学 (xiǎoxué, “primary school”)；Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education.

Examples

小一

P1 (first year in primary school)

12

concubine

13

alternative form of 潲 (shào, “siâu”), chiefly used in 三小 (sānxiǎo)

粵語辭源: 147_1_3CantonCharacter
Jyutping:
siu2Original phonetic: xiu2

或作“細婆”。妾。（白宛如：1998：125）

References:
  • 妾曰～。妻妾並稱曰兩大～。（陳伯陶《東莞縣志》卷十葉五）
現代粵語詞典: 21133CantonCharacter
Jyutping:
siu2Original phonetic: siu3
01

不如一般；不大

Examples

～雨

～车

～学。

02

年纪小的人

Examples

妻～

两～无猜。

03

谦称自己或跟自己有关的人

Examples

～弟

～女。

04

用在姓氏前，用来称呼年轻人

Examples

～张

～李。

05

短时；稍微

Examples

～住

牛刀～试

不无～补。

06

不重要；轻视

Examples

～事

～菜一碟

唔好～睇佢。

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