小人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	人

Etymology 1

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

Noun

小人 (hiragana しょうにん, romaji shōnin)

1. child, small person

Antonyms

• 大人 (otona)

Etymology 2

From 小 (ko, "small," "little") + 人 (hito, "man")

Noun

小人 (hiragana こびと, romaji kobito)

1. dwarf

Antonyms

• 巨人 (kyojin)

Etymology 3

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

Noun

小人 (hiragana しょうじん, romaji shōjin)

1. 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...

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
小人

Noun

小人 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiǎorén)

1. a villain
2. (archaic) a person of low position
3. Used other than as an idiom: see 小,‎ 人.

References

• 小人 on the Mandarin Wikipedia.zh.Wikipedia
• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• "小人" (in Mandarin/English), Dr. eye. URL accessed on 2009-05-16.