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小人
小人
Chinese
small; tiny; few; young
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man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (小人) |
小 | 人 |
Noun
小人
- villain
- (archaic) person of low position
- (dialectal Mandarin, Wu) child; kid
- Used other than as an idiom: see 小, 人.
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Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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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, romaji shōnin)
Antonyms
- 大人 (otona)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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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, romaji kobito)
Antonyms
- 巨人 (kyojin)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term | |
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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, romaji shōjin)
- narrow-minded person, mean person
Antonyms
- 君子 (kunshi)
Compounds
- 小人数 (koninzū): small number of people
- 小人河馬 (kobito kaba): pygmy hippopotamus
- 小人閑居 (shōjin kankyo): idle hands...