"ちび" meaning in 日本語

See ちび in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective or Noun

Forms: ちび, だろ [imperfective], だっ [continuative], [continuative], [continuative], [terminal], [attributive], なら [hypothetical], (無し) [imperative], ちびだろう, 未然形 + う, ちびだった [past, completive], 連用形 + た [past, completive], ちびでない [negative], 連用形 + ない [negative], ちびになる [intransitive], 連用形 + なる [intransitive], ちびだ [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], ちびなこと [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], ちびならば, 仮定形 + ば, ちびそうだ, 語幹 + そうだ
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: ja-ちび-ja-adj_noun-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

  1. 背の低いこと。また、その人。身体の小さい動物などにもいう。 Tags: informal
    Sense id: ja-ちび-ja-noun-0Qhs7qRk Categories (other): 日本語 口語
  2. 年少者。軽んじたり、かわいらしいという気持ちをこめて用いる。 Tags: informal
    Sense id: ja-ちび-ja-noun-ILm14-XF Categories (other): 日本語 口語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 名詞

Prefix

IPA: [t͡ɕibʲi]
  1. 名詞の上に付いて、すりへっていることを表す。
    Sense id: ja-ちび-ja-prefix-eQ6fRCwf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: こども, ちびっこ Translations (背の低いこと): 侏儒 (zhūrú) (中国語), runt (英語)
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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "動詞「ちびる」の連用形から。"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "日本語 口語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "背の低いこと。また、その人。身体の小さい動物などにもいう。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-ちび-ja-noun-0Qhs7qRk",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "日本語 口語",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "年少者。軽んじたり、かわいらしいという気持ちをこめて用いる。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-ちび-ja-noun-ILm14-XF",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちび"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 接頭辞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "動詞「ちびる」の連用形から。"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "pos_title": "接頭辞",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "word": "おちびさん"
    },
    {
      "word": "おちびちゃん"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "名詞の上に付いて、すりへっていることを表す。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-ちび-ja-prefix-eQ6fRCwf"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "ちび",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[chíꜜbì]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕibʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "こども"
    },
    {
      "word": "ちびっこ"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "背の低いこと",
      "word": "runt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "中国語",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "zhūrú",
      "sense": "背の低いこと",
      "word": "侏儒"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちび"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 形容動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 形容動詞 ダ活用",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "動詞「ちびる」の連用形から。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ちび",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だっ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "で",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "に",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "な",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(無し)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびだろう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびだった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびでない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびになる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびなこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびならば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびそうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj_noun",
  "pos_title": "形容動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "ja-ちび-ja-adj_noun-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちび"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 名詞"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "動詞「ちびる」の連用形から。"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "日本語 口語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "背の低いこと。また、その人。身体の小さい動物などにもいう。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "日本語 口語"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "年少者。軽んじたり、かわいらしいという気持ちをこめて用いる。"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちび"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 国際音声記号あり",
    "日本語 接頭辞"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "動詞「ちびる」の連用形から。"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "pos_title": "接頭辞",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "word": "おちびさん"
    },
    {
      "word": "おちびちゃん"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "名詞の上に付いて、すりへっていることを表す。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "form": "ちび",
      "raw_tags": [
        "東京式"
      ],
      "roman": "[chíꜜbì]",
      "tags": [
        "Atamadaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕibʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "こども"
    },
    {
      "word": "ちびっこ"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "morpheme"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "背の低いこと",
      "word": "runt"
    },
    {
      "lang": "中国語",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "zhūrú",
      "sense": "背の低いこと",
      "word": "侏儒"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちび"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 形容動詞",
    "日本語 形容動詞 ダ活用"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "動詞「ちびる」の連用形から。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ちび",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だっ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "で",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "に",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "な",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(無し)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびだろう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびだった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびでない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびになる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびなこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびならば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ちびそうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj_noun",
  "pos_title": "形容動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちび"
}

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