"chibi" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃiːbi/, /ˈt͡ʃɪbi/ Forms: chibis [plural]
Rhymes: -iːbi, -ɪbi Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ちび (chibi, “something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak”) Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|ちび||something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak|tr=chibi}} Japanese ちび (chibi, “something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} chibi (countable and uncountable, plural chibis)
  1. (countable, anime, manga) A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Japanese fiction, Fiction Translations (character): Q版 (kiù bǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), SDのキャラクター (sūpā deforume no kyarakutā) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-chibi-en-noun-68FW5nRv Disambiguation of Fiction: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Topics: anime, broadcasting, comics, film, literature, manga, media, publishing, television Disambiguation of 'character': 71 29
  2. (uncountable, anime, manga) A style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Japanese fiction, Fiction Translations (style): Q版 (kiù bǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), SD (sūpā deforume) (Japanese), スーパーデフォルメ (sūpā deforume) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-chibi-en-noun-YGUz4yMD Disambiguation of Fiction: 54 46 Topics: anime, broadcasting, comics, film, literature, manga, media, publishing, television Disambiguation of 'style': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: caricature, superdeformed

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} chibi
  1. Rōmaji transcription of ちび Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: ちび

Inflected forms

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