小心眼

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	heart and eye; mind; heart
simp. and trad. (小心眼)		小	心眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoxīnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sam¹ ngaan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxīnyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosinyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsin¹-yen³
    • Yale: syǎu-syīn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushinyean
    • Palladius: сяосиньянь (sjaosinʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoxīnyǎnr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧㄢˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎosinyǎnr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hsin¹-yen³-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-syīn-yǎnr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushinyeal
    • Palladius: сяосиньяньр (sjaosinʹjanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕin⁵⁵ jɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² sam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: síu sām ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sam¹ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sem¹ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sɐm⁵⁵ ŋaːn¹³/

Adjective

小心眼

1. narrow-minded; petty

Noun

小心眼

1. narrow-minded person; petty person
2. selfish scheming; pettiness