Teeny means very small — smaller than 'small', and said with warmth. It is an informal, playful word, the kind of thing adults say to children, or friends say to each other. You would not put it in a report.

Teeny Teeny means的意思是 very small非常小 — than 'small'跟『small』比起來 it is smaller還要更小, and而且 said with warmth說的時候帶著溫暖的語氣. It這 is an informal, playful word是一個非正式、帶點玩心的詞, the kind of thing adults say to children是大人對小孩說, or或 friends say to each other朋友之間彼此說的那種話. You你 would not put it in a report不會把它寫進報告裡.

Its close relatives are 'tiny', 'teensy', 'itty-bitty', and the doubled form 'teeny-tiny', which is very common in speech even though it is technically saying the same thing twice.

Its close relatives跟它意思相近的詞有 are 'tiny', 'teensy', 'itty-bitty''tiny'、'teensy'、'itty-bitty', and還有 the doubled form重複說的 'teeny-tiny''teeny-tiny', which這種說法 is very common in speech在口語裡非常常見, even though雖然 it is technically saying the same thing twice嚴格來說是把同一件事講了兩遍.

Two things worth knowing about how it is really used. First, it very often turns up in 'a teeny bit', which no longer means 'small' at all but 'slightly' — 'Could you move a teeny bit to the left?', 'I'm a teeny bit worried.' Here it is softening what you say, not measuring anything.

Two things有兩件事 worth knowing值得知道 about how it is really used關於它實際的用法. First第一, it它 very often turns up很常出現在 in 'a teeny bit,''a teeny bit'這個說法裡, which這時候 no longer means 'small' at all但完全不是『小』的意思 but而是 'slightly'『稍微』 — 'Could you move a teeny bit to the left?''Could you move a teeny bit to the left?（你可以稍微往左移一點嗎？）', 'I'm a teeny bit worried.''I'm a teeny bit worried.（我有一點點擔心。）' Here這裡 it它 is softening what you say作用是讓語氣變得委婉, not measuring anything而不是在測量什麼大小.

Second, when people want to stress how small, they stretch the vowel: 'It was teeeeny.' Second, it is a friendly word, so it can quietly signal that you find the small thing cute — a teeny puppy, a teeny apartment. Call a person's salary teeny and you sound like you are teasing them.

Second第二, when人們 people want to stress how small想強調有多小的時候, they stretch the vowel會把母音拉長: 'It was teeeeny.'『It was teeeeny.（那真的超級小。）』 it它 is a friendly word也是個親切的詞, so所以 it can quietly signal能悄悄暗示 that you find the small thing cute你覺得這個小東西很可愛 — a teeny puppya teeny puppy（一隻小小的狗）, a teeny apartmenta teeny apartment（一間小小的公寓）. Call a person's salary teeny如果你說某人的薪水teeny, and就 you sound like you are teasing them聽起來像是在調侃他們.

There is also an unrelated noun 'teeny', short for teenybopper, meaning a young teenage fan; it is dated now and you are unlikely to meet it, but it explains why the word sometimes appears in old writing about pop music.

There is also另外還有 an unrelated noun一個沒有關係的名詞 'teeny,''teeny', short for是...的簡稱 teenybopperteenybopper, meaning指 a young teenage fan年輕的青少年歌迷; it它 is dated now現在已經過時了 and而 you are unlikely to meet it你不太可能遇到, but但 it explains why這說明了為什麼 the word這個詞 sometimes appears in old writing有時候會出現在舊文章裡 about pop music講流行音樂的.