矮人

Chinese

		short (not tall)	man; person; people
trad. (矮人)		矮	人
simp. #(矮人)		矮	人
alternative forms		矮儂／矮侬 Min Nan

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ǎirén

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ai² jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óe-lâng / é-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎirén
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎirén
    • Wade–Giles: ai³-jên²
    • Yale: ǎi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aeren
    • Palladius: айжэнь (ajžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ai² jan⁴
    • Yale: ái yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ai² jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ei² yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: ué-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oeflaang
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: é-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eflaang
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/

Noun

矮人

1. dwarf
2. pygmy

Synonyms

• 侏儒 (zhūrú)

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): óe--lâng / é--lâng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe--lâng
    • Tâi-lô: ué--lâng
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é--lâng
    • Tâi-lô: é--lâng

Adjective

矮人

1. (Southern Min, of a person) short; shorter than average
2. (Southern Min, of a person) worse than others; lower than others

Japanese

Kanji in this term
矮	人
わい Hyōgaiji	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

矮(わい)人(じん) • (waijin) 

1. dwarf

Antonyms

• 巨人(きょじん) (kyojin, “giant”)