Add to Chrome (opens the Chrome Web Store in a new tab)

What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 小人 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

小人 xiǎorén

mean person; villain; petty person

It can also mean

  • little figure; tiny person (画个小人, 小人国)
  • common people; people of low status
  • (humble) I (used by a commoner)

Its characters

  1. 小 xiǎo small
  2. 人 rén person

In a sentence

孩子在纸上画了一个小人。 The child drew a little figure on the paper.

她从河边抓起一把黄泥,照着自己的样子,做了一个小人。

From 女娲补天 · Nüwa mends the sky

More about 小人

More words with 小 or 人

Keep 小人 for Review

A free account keeps it, and Review brings it back just before you’d forget it.

Look up another word

See any word in its sentence

Get a card like this for every word on any page or YouTube subtitle.

Turn simplified Chinese into traditional

The best Chrome extensions for Chinese