Literally "runt" or "dwarf". Usually it refers to a particular style of caricature in anime art where characters are drawn shorter and more neotonized and far more cartoony.
Japanese for "little" or "small."
From the Japanese pronounciation of "C.B.," which stands for "child body." Used to describe the Japanese practice of drawing squashed-down, child-like, super-cute versions of normally adult characters as comic relief. Also called super-deformed or SD.
very small, cute and wide-eyed. The opposite of "Amano", which means characters drawn in a tall, thin, ugly, Westernized style.
a cute baby version or small child like version of any anime character
a small, cute, anime version of a character from a TV show/movie/video game/whatever you like
small, tiny, dwarf. For instance, everyone calls Usagi's daughter Chibi-Usa, or "small Usa," to distinguish her from the original Usagi. Chibi-chibi is really, really small. doujinshi - fanart based on an established manga, not done by the mangaka himself. (Herself, in this case.) Basically uses the same characters, but tells another story with them - manga fanfics, if you will. There's some really nice doujinshi volumes out there, although a lot of them tend to be hentai. There are entire ranges of doujinshi, ranging from serious to parody.
short person, "miniaturized" person; a "chibi" drawing of an anime character is also called "superdeformed" (see above section). Also a common name for a cat in Japan.
Japanese for small. See CB.
Runt / Dwarf / Shrimp; Someone who is Short.
This is a drawing style where anime/manga characters are shrunk into a small, cute, child-like form. This drawing style is sometimes called ‘super-deformed' in the west and is pronounced ‘chee-be'.
Short or tiny. A chibi character may naturally resemble a super-deformed character, where the entire body has a smaller, squashed, cuter appearance.
short, small, pygmy; sometimes used as a prefix to name to imply junior or inferior status of something or someone (eg.: chibi-usa for Usagi's daughter in Sailor Moon)
E sounds) as an English word is slang used in some circles (for example otaku). It has its origins in the Japanese language. In the context of anime or manga, Chibi is used to describe a style of drawing a character in a highly stylized way, with stubby bodies that are about the same size as the head, much like super deformed style.