小藍人

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	blue; indigo plant; surname	man; person; people
trad. (小藍人)		小	藍	人
simp. (小蓝人)		小	蓝	人

Etymology

Calque of English little blue man.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎolánrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolánrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolánrén
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-lan²-jên²
    • Yale: syǎu-lán-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulanren
    • Palladius: сяоланьжэнь (sjaolanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ län³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

小藍人

1. (Taiwan, geopolitics) little blue man (member of the Maritime Militia of the People's Republic of China)