Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

little emperor

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: lit-tle em-per-or
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In contemporary China, a child with no siblings who is regarded as overly protected and spoiled. (Seen as belonging to a generation which is a product of China's "one-child" policy.)

Example Sentences

"Chinese psychologists recently have also written extensively about the emergence of so-called little emperors—arrogant, spoiled children who grow up without siblings."
"The Chinese have a special name for those tots: xiao huangdi, or "little emperors.""

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 小皇帝 (xiǎohuángdì).

Inflected Forms

little emperors (plural)

Questions

What does little emperor mean?: In contemporary China, a child with no siblings who is regarded as overly protected and spoiled. (Seen as belonging to a generation which is a product of China's "one-child" policy.)
Where does little emperor come from?: A calque of Chinese 小皇帝 (xiǎohuángdì).

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