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小厮 — meaning in English

xiǎo sī

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English meaning

  • knave noun A dishonest or deceitful man.
  • pageboy noun A boy who works as an attendant, or page, to someone important.
  • side noun One of the surfaces or edges of an object, or one of two halves (left/right, front/back) of something.

Senses

小厮 is used for these senses in English:

  • knave (archaic) A boy; especially, a boy servant.
  • pageboy (now, frequently, historical) A boy who serves as a page. [from 19th c.]
  • side One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

knave — full definition

  1. noun A dishonest or deceitful man.
  2. noun A playing card ranked below a queen, showing the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

pageboy — full definition

  1. noun A boy who works as an attendant, or page, to someone important.
  2. noun A young boy, usually aged five to ten, who helps out at a wedding.
  3. noun A hairstyle reaching the shoulders, with the ends curled inward.
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