小生日

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	birthday; to have one's birthday; to celebrate one's birthday
simp. and trad. (小生日)		小	生日

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎoshēngrì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥㄖˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshēngrì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄥㄖˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshengrìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shêng¹-jih⁴
  - Yale: syǎu-shēng-r̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushengryh
  - Palladius: сяошэнжи (sjaošɛnži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹/

Noun

小生日

birthday that is not a multiple of ten
- 錢麻子道：「那日我班裡有生意。明日是鼓樓外薛鄉紳小生日，定了我徒弟的戲，我和你明日要去拜壽。」鮑文卿道：「那個薛鄉紳？」黃老爹道：「他是做過福建汀州知府，和我同年，今年八十二歲。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  钱麻子道：「那日我班里有生意。明日是鼓楼外薛乡绅小生日，定了我徒弟的戏，我和你明日要去拜寿。」鲍文卿道：「那个薛乡绅？」黄老爹道：「他是做过福建汀州知府，和我同年，今年八十二岁。」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Wu Jingzi, The Scholars, 1750 CE
  Qián mázǐ dào: “Nà rì wǒ bān lǐ yǒu shēngyì. Míngrì shì gǔlóu wài Xuē xiāngshēn xiǎoshēngrì, dìng le wǒ túdì de xì, wǒ hé nǐ míngrì yào qù bàishòu.” Bào Wénqīng dào: “Nǎge Xuē xiāngshēn?” Huáng lǎodiē dào: “Tā shì zuò guò Fújiàn Tīngzhōu zhīfǔ, hé wǒ tóngnián, jīnnián bāshí'èr suì.” [Pinyin]
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