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小登

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo dēng

(slang) youngster; kid (humorous or self-deprecating neologism derived from 老登 lǎo dēng, established since c. 2022)

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
登: dēng · rise, mount, board, climb

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3–1 · xiao3 deng1

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