View source for 小人

==Chinese==
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===Pronunciation===
{{zh-pron
|m=xiǎorén
|c=siu2 jan4,siu2 jan4-2
|c-t=lhiau2 ngin3*
|h=pfs=séu-ngìn
|md=siēu-ìng
|mn=zz,kh:siáu-jîn/xm,qz,tp:siáu-lîn
|mn-t=siao2 rêng5
|mn-t_note=siao2 rêng5 - Jieyang
|w=sh:5shiau gnin,5shiau zen
|w_note=<sup>5</sup>shiau-gnin - vernacular; <sup>5</sup>shiau-zen - literary
|mc=y
|oc=y
|cat=n
}}

===Noun===
{{head|zh|noun}}

# [[scoundrel]] or [[villain]]
# {{lb|zh|archaic}} [[person]] of [[low]] [[position]]
#* {{zh-x|周-道 如 砥、其 直 如 矢。<br>君子 所 履、小人 所 視。<br>睠 言 顧 之、潸 焉 出 涕。|The way to Zhou was like a whetstone, and straight as an arrow. <br>[So] the [[atheling]]s trod it, and the '''common people''' looked on it. <br>When I look back and think of it, my tears run down in streams.|ref=Shijing}}
#* {{zh-x|郡 遣 督郵 至 縣，吏 白 「應{yīng} 束帶 見 之」，潛{Qián} 歎 曰：「吾 不能 為 五 斗 米 折腰， 拳拳 事 鄉里 '''小人''' 邪{yé}！」|The commandery sent a postal inspector to the county, and an official suggested: "You should wear formal clothes to see him." Qian sighed: "I cannot bow down for the sake of five pecks of rice and flatter a '''base person'''!"|ref=Jinshu}}
# {{lb|zh|archaic}} [[small-minded]] person or person of [[low]] [[moral]] [[qualities]]
#* {{zh-x|小人 慼，謂 之 不 免。君子 恕，以爲{weí} 必 歸。|The small-minded are anxiety-laden, and they say that ([[w:Duke Hui of Jin|our master]]) could not have been spared. The [[w:junzi|junzi]] treat others with mercy, and they believe that ([[w:Duke Mu of Qin|you]]) will do the same and free him eventually.|ref=Zuozhuan}}
# {{lb|zh|dialectal Mandarin|Wu}} [[child]]; [[kid]]
# {{&lit|zh|小|人}}

====Synonyms====
{{zh-dial|小孩}}

====Antonyms====
* {{as|person of low position}} {{zh-l|大人}}
* {{antsense|scoundrel|villain|small-minded person}} {{zh-l|君子}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|zh|小人國|打小人|大人不記小人過|大人不計小人過|犯小人|先小人，後君子|枉作小人}}

====Descendants====
{{CJKV||j=小%人|しょう%にん|j2=しょう%じん|소인|tiểu nhân}}

{{C|zh|People|Children}}

==Japanese==

===Etymology 1===
{{ja-kanjitab|しょう|にん|yomi=o}}
From [[小]] (''shō'', "small," "little") + [[人]] (''nin'', "human being").

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|しょうにん}}

# [[child]], [[small]] [[person]]

=====Antonyms=====
* {{ja-r|大人|おとな}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-kanjitab|こ|ひと|k2=びと|yomi=k|r=y}}
From [[小]] (''ko'', "small," "little") + [[人]] (''hito'', "man"). The word ''hito'' changes to ''bito'' due to [[rendaku]].

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|こびと}}

# [[dwarf]]

=====Antonyms=====
* {{ja-r|巨人|きょじん}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{ja-r|コビト カバ}}: [[pygmy hippopotamus]] ({{taxfmt|Choeropsis liberiensis|species}})

===Etymology 3===
{{ja-kanjitab|しょう|じん|yomi=o}}
From [[小]] (''shō'', "small," "little") + [[人]] (''jin'', "human being").

====Noun====
{{ja-noun|しょうじん}}

# [[narrow-minded]] person, [[mean]] person

=====Antonyms=====
* {{ja-r|君子|くんし}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{ja-r|小%人 閑%居|しょう%じん かん%きょ|idle hands}}

==Vietnamese==
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===Noun===
{{vi-noun|sc=Hani}}

# {{vi-Han form of|tiểu nhân|[[jerk]]}}