Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 小民, 曉敏, 小敏, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ɕjɑʊ̯.min/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 小 (xiǎo) meaning "small" or 曉 (xiǎo) meaning "dawn, daybreak, know, understand" combined with 民 (mín) meaning "people, citizens" or 敏 (mǐn) meaning "quick, clever, sharp". Other character combinations can form this name as well.