Chinese symbol for “peddler”
小贩
xiǎo fàn
Traditional: 小販
peddler; hawker
The closest CC-CEDICT match for peddler is 小贩 (xiǎo fàn), defined as: peddler; hawker.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “peddler”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贩子 (販子) | fàn zi | trafficker; dealer; monger; peddler |
| 贩夫 (販夫) | fàn fū | peddler; street vendor |
| 老客 | lǎo kè | peddler; old or regular customer |
| 商贩 (商販) | shāng fàn | trader; peddler |
| 摊贩 (攤販) | tān fàn | stallkeeper; peddler |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 小贩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 小学 (小學) | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss |
| 小组 (小組) | xiǎo zǔ | group |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 贩卖 (販賣) | fàn mài | to sell; to peddle |
| 贩毒 (販毒) | fàn dú | to traffic narcotics; drugs trade |
See also: Japanese symbol for “peddler”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.