打小人

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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

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打小人 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
打小人 (Cantonese)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎ xiǎorén

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² siu² jan^4-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dǎ xiǎorén
  - 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)

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”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		打小人
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	打小人
Northeastern Mandarin	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

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