Definition & Meaning

street vendor; hawker; badger; business person with very little capital

Word usage

xiǎo fàn

小 贩

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n.street vendor; hawker; badger; business person with very little capital
- jiē tóu xiǎo fàn
  街头小贩
  street pedlar
- líng shòu xiǎo fàn
  零售小贩
  retail vendor
- nà xiǎo fàn yán jiē jiào mài shāng pǐn
  那小贩沿街叫卖商品。
  The hawker cried his wares along the street.
- tuī zhe zhuāng yǒu shuǐ guǒ hé shū cài de shǒu tuī chē de jiào mài xiǎo fàn
  推着装有水果和蔬菜的手推车的叫卖小贩
  a hawker pushing a barrow loaded up with fruit and vegetables

Word usage

common measure word
"小贩" is often matched with measure word "个"or"名"or"群".
- 一个小贩
  one vendor
- 一名小贩
  one vendor
- 一群小贩
  one group of vendors

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