小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小人
xiǎorén
petty person; mean person; villain
Characters in this word
人 rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 人 — man, person
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他把所有批评都解释成小人的攻击，因而错失了改进的机会。 Tā bǎ suǒyǒu pīpíng dōu jiěshì chéng xiǎorén de gōngjī, yīn'ér cuòshī le gǎijìn de jīhuì. He interpreted all criticism as attacks by petty people, and thus missed the chance to improve.
- 古话说，宁可得罪君子，也不要得罪小人。 Gǔhuà shuō, nìngkě dézuì jūnzǐ, yě bú yào dézuì xiǎorén. An old saying goes: better to offend a gentleman than a petty person.
- 他是个小人，总是在背后说别人的坏话。 Tā shì ge xiǎorén, zǒngshì zài bèihòu shuō biérén de huàihuà. He is a petty person who is always saying bad things about others behind their backs.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 大小 dàxiǎo size
- 小 xiǎo little (affectionate prefix)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young