小人物

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Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	figure; personage; character
simp. and trad. (小人物)		小	人物

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎorénwù

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jan⁴ mat^6-2
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-lîn-bu̍t / sió-jîn-bu̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎorénwù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎorénwù
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-jên²-wu⁴
  - Yale: syǎu-rén-wù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaurenwuh
  - Palladius: сяожэньу (sjaožɛnʹu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐən³⁵ u⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² jan⁴ mat^6-2
  - Yale: síu yàhn mát
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jan⁴ mat^9-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yen⁴ med^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɐn²¹ mɐt̚²⁻³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-lîn-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sió-lîn-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioylinbut
  - IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻¹¹ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lin²⁴⁻²² but̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lin²⁴⁻²² but̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-jîn-bu̍t
  - Tâi-lô: sió-jîn-bu̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioyjinbut
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ zin²³⁻³³ but̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zin¹³⁻²² but̚¹²¹/

Noun

小人物

nobody; nonentity

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