少民

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	the people; nationality; citizen
simp. and trad. (少民)		少	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎomín

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² man⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎomín
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎomín
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-min²
    • Yale: shǎu-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaomin
    • Palladius: шаоминь (šaominʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² man⁴
    • Yale: síu màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ mɐn²¹/

Noun

少民

1. Short for 少數民族／少数民族 (shǎoshù mínzú, “ethnic minority”).

Derived terms

• 一等洋人二等官，三等少民四等漢／一等洋人二等官，三等少民四等汉 (yīděng yángrén èrděng guān, sānděng shǎomín sìděng Hàn)