小人 meaning in English
person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)
Meaning of 小人
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xiǎorén
- person of low social status (old)
- I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)
- nasty person
- vile character
小人 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
小人物同样可以创造历史。
Small timers can also create history.
跟小人说理，就如同对牛弹琴。
Reasoning with a villain is pointless.
他是个卑鄙小人。
He is a despicable person.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes
- 1
- 2
- 3
人 rén · person · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
Related words
Words that share a character with 小人.
| 女人 | nǚrén | woman |
| 男人 | nánrén | a man; a male |
| 小姐 | xiǎojiě | young lady; miss |
| 别人 | biérén | other people; others; other person |
| 小时 | xiǎoshí | hour |
| 家人 | jiārén | family member; (old) servant |
| 病人 | bìngrén | sick person; patient |
| 工人 | gōngrén | worker |
| 老人 | lǎorén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 小朋友 | xiǎopéngyǒu | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to |
| 小学 | xiǎoxué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小孩儿 | xiǎoháir | erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] |
Questions about 小人
What does 小人 mean?
小人 (xiǎorén) means "person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 小人?
小人 is made of 2 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 人 (2 strokes). That is 5 strokes in total.
Is 小人 an HSK word?
Yes. 小人 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.