小子

xiǎozǐ
  1. (literary) youngster
  2. (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation)
  3. (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)

CEDICT

literary old

Homographs

小子 xiǎozi
  1. (coll.) boy
  2. (derog.) joker
  3. guy
  4. (despicable) fellow

Entry Composition

1 小 xiǎo
  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
=2 子 zǐ
  1. son
  2. child
  3. seed
  4. egg
  5. small thing
  6. 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat
  7. viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 wǔděngjuéwèi
  8. ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
  9. subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
=2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"