# 小人 (xiǎorén)

In Mandarin Chinese, 小人 (xiǎorén) means “petty person; villain; person of low status (old)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: petty person; villain; person of low status (old)
- Pinyin: xiǎorén (xiao3 ren2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们应该远离这种阴险的小人。
  Wǒmen yīnggāi yuǎnlí zhè zhǒng yīnxiǎn de xiǎorén.
  We should stay away from this kind of treacherous person.

## Characters

- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- [人](https://hanziro.com/word/ren-person/) (rén): person; people

https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-ren-petty-person/

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