• The Mandarin term “迷你” is the transliteration of the English term “mini”.
• As the term “迷你” is more expressive than words such as “小型” (“small”) or “微型” (“micro”), it is commonly used as an adjective in Mandarin. The word has a wide range of uses, with examples such as “迷你雨伞” (“mini umbrella”), “迷你相机” (“mini camera”), “迷你手机” (“mini mobile phone”), “迷你模型” (“mini model”), and more.
• In Singapore, the term has even been used to refer to things that are already small or exist as a smaller version of the original. For example, Little Guilin in Bukit Batok was originally built to mimic the landscape of Guilin in China, but another similar landscape not far from Little Guilin has been dubbed “Mini Little Guilin”.

In the rain, a mini-bus carrying three adults and a baby girl lost control while making a turn, broke through a guardrail, and plunged into a 2-metre-deep drain. As a result, one passenger broke his neck. (Lianhe Zaobao, 16/3/2022)