打小人

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	scoundrel or villain; person of low position
simp. and trad. (打小人)		打	小人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎ xiǎorén

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² siu² jan^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ xiǎorén [Phonetic: dáxiǎorén]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎ siǎorén
    • Wade–Giles: ta³ hsiao³-jên²
    • Yale: dǎ syǎu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daa sheauren
    • Palladius: да сяожэнь (da sjaožɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² siu² jan^4-2
    • Yale: dá síu yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² siu² jan^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² xiu² yen^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹⁻³⁵/

Verb

打⫽小人 (verb-object)

1. to perform villain hitting (a type of folk sorcery popular in Guangdong and Hong Kong)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 打小人 (“to perform villain hitting”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打小人
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打小人
	Singapore	打小人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打小人
	Hong Kong	打小人
	Singapore (Guangfu)	打小人
Southern Min	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍小人