少將

See also: 少将

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (少將)		少	將
simp. (少将)		少	将

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàojiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ zoeng³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu-chiòng / siàu-chiàng / siáu-chiòng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàojiàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàojiàng
  - Wade–Giles: shao⁴-chiang⁴
  - Yale: shàu-jyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shawjianq
  - Palladius: шаоцзян (šaoczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu³ zoeng³
  - Yale: siu jeung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ dzoeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ zêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ t͡sœːŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-chiòng
  - Tâi-lô: siàu-tsiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaocioxng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡siɔŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡siɔŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu-chiàng
  - Tâi-lô: siàu-tsiàng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaociaxng
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹⁻⁵³ t͡siaŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-chiòng
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-tsiòng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siawcioxng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɔŋ¹¹/

Noun

少將

major general

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (少將):

→ Japanese: 少(しょう)将(しょう) (shōshō)
→ Korean: 소장(少將) (sojang)
→ Vietnamese: thiếu tướng (少將)

Korean

Hanja in this term
少	將

Noun

少將 • (sojang) (hangeul 소장)

hanja form^? of 소장 (“major general”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
少	將

Noun

少將

chữ Hán form of thiếu tướng (“major general”)