I don't know anything about the source of your fic, but I would, in general, be careful about tacking on Xiao onto just any child by just anyone. I know tons of Taiwanese children, and I can only think of two where I call them Xiao-something and that's only because practically everyone calls them that... and the two children happen to be my cousin's children. Outside of that, I've only ever referred to someone as Xiao-something when I was introduced to them that way.
And I forgot to add earlier:
For children, you could also call them Di Di (for boy) and Mei Mei (for girl) too, and this is okay for children you don't know well also.
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Date: 2013-01-30 07:41 pm (UTC)I don't know anything about the source of your fic, but I would, in general, be careful about tacking on Xiao onto just any child by just anyone. I know tons of Taiwanese children, and I can only think of two where I call them Xiao-something and that's only because practically everyone calls them that... and the two children happen to be my cousin's children. Outside of that, I've only ever referred to someone as Xiao-something when I was introduced to them that way.
And I forgot to add earlier:
For children, you could also call them Di Di (for boy) and Mei Mei (for girl) too, and this is okay for children you don't know well also.