Definify.com

Definition 2024

少爺

少爺

See also: 少爷

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	grandpa; etc.; old gentleman
trad. (少爺)		少	爺
simp. (少爷)		少	爷

Noun

少爺

master (courtesy title for a young man or boy)
(old honorific) (somebody's, your) son

Synonyms

小爺／小爷

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shàoyé

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ je⁴
Min Nan (POJ): siàu-iâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shàoyé → shàoye (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄧㄝˊ → ㄕㄠˋ ㄧㄝ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw.ye
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛ³⁵/ → /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ i̯ɛ¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu³ je⁴
  - Yale: siu yèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ je⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ jɛː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-iâ
  - Tâi-lô: siàu-iâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaoiaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁵³ ia¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ¹¹⁻⁵³ ia²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ²¹⁻⁴¹ ia²³/