小人

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Chinese

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

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小人

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

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

Noun

(しょう)(にん) (shōnin

  1. child, small person
Antonyms

Etymology 2

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

()(びと) (kobito

  1. dwarf
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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

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

Noun

(しょう)(じん) (shōjin

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

小人

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