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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
小子
(literary) youngster
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(literary) youngster
02
(old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation)
03
(old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 小子 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 小子 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
You don't believe me, do you, kid?
"Hahaha! We're going to make it rain, boys! By this time next week, we'll be swimming in cash!"
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 小子.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 小子.
Directly before
- 这小子1
- 疯小子1
Directly after
- 小子们1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 小子
What does 小子 mean in Chinese?
小子 (xiǎozǐ) means (literary) youngster.
How do you pronounce 小子?
小子 is pronounced xiǎozǐ. It also has the reading xiǎozi.
Is 小子 an HSK word?
小子 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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