ちび

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Japanese

Etymology

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 禿びる (chibiru, “to wear down and become small”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ちび • (chibi)  (colloquial)

  1. something small
  2. short person, runt
    • 1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “超兵器ガ壱號 [Super-Weapon Guh Mk. Ⅰ]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 100:
      ガリバアジャナイカ‼生キテタノカチビ
      ヨカッタナチビ
      国ヘツレ帰ッテヤルカラ安心シロチビ
      Garibā ja nai ka‼ Ikiteta no ka Chibi
      Yokatta na Chibi
      Kuni e tsurekaette yaru kara anshin shiro Chibi
      Is that you, Gulliva⁉ Thank goodness, you’re alive, Shorty
      Everything’s gonna be okay now, Shorty
      No need to worry any more, we’re here to bring you back home, Shorty
  3. (an annoying) kid, squirt, pipsqueak

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: chibi
  • → Korean: 치비 (chibi)

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Okinawan

Noun

ちび (chibi) 

  1. 尻: butt
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