矮人

Chinese

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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ǎirén

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - 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
  - Guangdong Romanization: ei² yen⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ɐi̯³⁵ jɐn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: ué-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oeflaang
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /ue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: é-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: eflaang
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /e⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ laŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /e⁵³⁻⁴⁴ laŋ¹³/

Noun

矮人

dwarf
pygmy

Synonyms

侏儒 (zhūrú)

Pronunciation 2

Min Nan (POJ): óe--lâng / é--lâng

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: óe--lâng
  - Tâi-lô: ué--lâng
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: é--lâng
  - Tâi-lô: é--lâng

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, rōmaji waijin)

dwarf

Antonyms

巨 (きょ)人 (じん) (kyojin, “giant”)

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