小灰人

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	grey; ash	man; person; people
trad. (小灰人)		小	灰	人
simp. #(小灰人)		小	灰	人

Etymology

By analogy with 小綠人／小绿人 (xiǎolǜrén, “little green man”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎohuīrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎohuīrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄟ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎohueirén
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-hui¹-jên²
    • Yale: syǎu-hwēi-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheauhueiren
    • Palladius: сяохуэйжэнь (sjaoxuejžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

小灰人

1. (science fiction or ufology) grey alien (archetypical, humanoid alien, usually described as having grey skin, elongated, hairless, sexless features, and large, black eyes)