小人

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (小人)		小	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎorén

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-ngìn
Min Nan (POJ): siáu-jîn / siáu-lîn
Wu (Wiktionary): xiau nyin (T2); xiau zen (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎorén
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauren
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² jan⁴
  - Yale: síu yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` nginˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ ngin²
  - IPA: /se̯u³¹ ɲin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siawjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡ʑin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ʑin²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siawliin
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xiau nyin (T2); xiau zen (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔ³³ n̠ʲɪɲ⁴⁴/, /ɕiɔ³³ z̻əɲ⁴⁴/

Note:

2xiau nyin - vernacular;
2xiau zen - literary.

Noun

小人

villain
(archaic) person of low position
(dialectal Mandarin, Wu) child; kid
Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see 小,‎ 人.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 小孩 (“child; kid”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		子、孩、童
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兒童、孩子、小孩子、小朋友、小孩子家、小童
Mandarin	Beijing	小孩兒
	Taiwan	小孩、小孩子
	Tianjin	小孩兒
	Jinan	小孩兒、孩子
	Xi'an	娃、碎娃
	Wuhan	伢、小伢
	Chengdu	娃兒、小娃兒、娃娃、小娃娃、小人
	Yangzhou	霞子、小霞子
	Hefei	小霞子、伢子、小伢子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細路、細路仔、細路哥、細蚊仔
	Hong Kong	細路、細路仔、細路哥、細蚊仔
	Shunde	細佬哥
	Zhongshan	細蚊仔
	Dongguan	細蚊仔
	Taishan	細民仔、細佬哥
	Doumen	細路仔
	Shaoguan	細路哥、細紋仔
	Yunfu	細佬哥
	Yangjiang	細文仔、細仔
	Xinyi	儂
	Lianjiang	細紋仔、細路仔
Gan	Nanchang	細人子、細伢子
Hakka	Meixian	細人仔、細拐仔
	Xingning	細仔子
	Huidong	阿焦仔
	Qujiang	細人子
	Xiaosanjiang	細佬仔
	Changting	細人哩
	Pingyu	細人子
	Wuping	細人子
	Liancheng	細人子
	Ninghua	大細子
	Yudu	細人子
	Ruijin	細人子
	Shicheng	大細子
	Shangyou	細伢子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細人仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	細人仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	細人仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	細人
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	細人仔、細子人
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	細子、細子人
Jin	Taiyuan	娃娃、小娃娃
Min Bei	Jian'ou	囝仔人
Min Dong	Fuzhou	伲囝、伲囝哥
Min Nan	Xiamen	囡仔、囡仔人
	Quanzhou	囡仔、囡仔人
	Zhangzhou	囡仔、囡仔人
	Taipei	囡仔
	Kaohsiung	囡仔、囡仔人、囡仔囝
	Tainan	囡仔、囡仔人、囡仔囝
	Taichung	囡仔
	Hsinchu	囡仔
	Lukang	囡仔
	Sanxia	囡仔
	Yilan	囡仔
	Kinmen	囡仔
	Magong	囡仔
	Penang	囡仔、囡仔人、囡仔囝
	Philippines (Manila)	囡仔
	Chaozhou	孥囝
Wu	Shanghai	小囡、小人、囡
	Suzhou	小幹、小人
	Wenzhou	細兒、小細兒、娒、娒娒
Xiang	Changsha	細伢子、細人子、伢妹子
Xiang	Shuangfeng	細人基

Derived terms

大人不計小人過／大人不计小人过 (dàrén bùjì xiǎorén guò)
大人不記小人過／大人不记小人过 (dàrén bù jì xiǎorén guò)

小人國／小人国
打小人 (dǎxiǎorén)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	人
しょう Grade: 1	にん Grade: 1
on’yomi

From 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 人 (nin, "human being")

Noun

小人 (hiragana しょうにん, rōmaji shōnin)

child, small person

Antonyms

大人 (おとな) (otona)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	人
こ Grade: 1	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From 小 (ko, "small," "little") + 人 (hito, "man"). The word hito changes to bito due to rendaku.

Noun

小人 (hiragana こびと, rōmaji kobito)

dwarf

Antonyms

巨 (きょ)人 (じん) (kyojin)

Derived terms

コビトカバ (kobito kaba): pygmy hippopotamus

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
小	人
しょう Grade: 1	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

From 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 人 (jin, "human being")

Noun

小人 (hiragana しょうじん, rōmaji shōjin)

narrow-minded person, mean person

Antonyms

君 (くん)子 (し) (kunshi)

Compounds

小 (しょう)人 (じん)閑 (かん)居 (きょ) (shōjin kankyo): idle hands

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