小三

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	three
simp. and trad. (小三)		小	三
anagram		三小
Literally: “little third person (sense 1)”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎosān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² saam¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵shiau-se

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎosān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosan
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-san¹
  - Yale: syǎu-sān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausan
  - Palladius: сяосань (sjaosanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎosānr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄙㄢㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosanr
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-san¹-ʼrh
  - Yale: syǎu-sānr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheausal
  - Palladius: сяосаньр (sjaosanʹr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɑɻ⁵⁵/

Note: xiǎosānr - "the other woman; the other man".

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² saam¹
  - Yale: síu sāam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² saam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sam¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵shiau-se
  - MiniDict: shiau^去 se
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-se
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ se⁴⁴/

Noun

小三

(neologism, colloquial) other woman; someone romantically involved with a person already in a committed relationship; mistress
小三勸退師／小三劝退师 ― xiǎosān quàntuìshī ― one who helps a woman dispel her husband's mistress; mistress dissuader
primary three; third year in primary school

Synonyms

(other woman): 第三者 (dìsānzhě) (literally, "the third party")

See also

正室 (zhèngshì)

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