小人

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Chinese

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

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Note: siao2 rêng5 - Jieyang.
Note:
  • 5shiau-gnin - vernacular;
  • 5shiau-zen - literary.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Initial () (16) (38)
    Final () (91) (43)
    Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division () III III
    Fanqie
    Baxter sjewX nyin
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /siᴇuX/ /ȵiɪn/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /siɛuX/ /ȵin/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /sjæuX/ /ȵʑjen/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /siawX/ /ȵin/
    Li
    Rong
    /siɛuX/ /ȵiĕn/
    Wang
    Li
    /sĭɛuX/ /ȵʑĭĕn/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /si̯ɛuX/ /ȵʑi̯ĕn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    xiǎo rén
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    siu2 jan4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    xiǎo rén
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ sjewX › ‹ nyin ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[s]ewʔ/ /*ni[ŋ]/
    English small (other) person

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    No. 13705 10800
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2 1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*smewʔ/ /*njin/
    Notes

    Noun

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    小人

    1. scoundrel or villain
    2. (archaic) person of low position
    3. (archaic) small-minded person or person of low moral qualities
    4. (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) child; kid
    5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (xiǎo),‎ (rén).

    Synonyms

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    Antonyms

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    • (antonym(s) of person of low position): 大人 (dàrén)
    • (antonym(s) of small-minded person): 君子 (jūnzǐ)

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    Sino-Xenic (小人):

    Japanese

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    Etymology 1

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    Kanji in this term
    しょう
    Grade: 1
    にん
    Grade: 1
    on'yomi

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

    Noun

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    (しょう)(にん) (shōnin

    1. child, small person
    Antonyms
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    Etymology 2

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    Kanji in this term

    Grade: 1
    ひと > びと
    Grade: 1
    kun'yomi

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

    Noun

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    ()(びと) (kobito

    1. dwarf
    Antonyms
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    Derived terms
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    Etymology 3

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    Kanji in this term
    しょう
    Grade: 1
    じん
    Grade: 1
    on'yomi

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

    Noun

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    (しょう)(じん) (shōjin

    1. narrow-minded person, mean person
    Antonyms
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    Derived terms
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    Vietnamese

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    chữ Hán Nôm in this term

    Noun

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    小人

    1. chữ Hán form of tiểu nhân (jerk).