xiǎo
shì
mín

common
noun

Meaning of 小市民

小市民 means petty bourgeois; urban resident with small means of production; narrow-minded person; philistine; someone of petty tastes. Pronounced xiǎo shì mín.

  • petty bourgeois; urban resident with small means of production
  • narrow-minded person; philistine; someone of petty tastes

Definitions & Examples

de
qīn
shì
xiǎo
shì
mín
 
jīng
yíng
zhe
jiā
xiǎo
huò
diàn
 

His father is a petty bourgeois, running a small grocery store.

Zhè
xiǎo
shuō
miáo
xiě
le
jiù
Shàng
hǎi
xiǎo
shì
mín
de
shēng
huó
zhuàng
tài
 

This novel depicts the living conditions of petty bourgeois in old Shanghai.

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