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矮人

矮人

Chinese

		short (not tall)	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (矮人)		矮	人
alt. forms		矮儂／矮侬 Min Nan

Noun

矮人

dwarf
pygmy

Synonyms

侏儒 (zhūrú)

Adjective

矮人

(Min Nan, of a person) short; shorter than average
(Min Nan, of a person) worse than others; lower than others

Japanese

Kanji in this term
矮	人
わい Hyōgaiji	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

矮人 ‎(hiragana わいじん, romaji waijin)

dwarf

Antonyms

巨人 (きょじん) ‎(kyojin, “giant”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): ǎirén

(Zhuyin): ㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ai² jan⁴
Min Nan (POJ): é-lâng / óe-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: ǎirén
  - Zhuyin: ㄞˇ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aeren
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ai² jan⁴
  - Yale: ái yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ai² jan⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-lâng / óe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: é-lâng / ué-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eflaang, oeflaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/, /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /e⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/, /ue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/, /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/, /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/, /ue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/