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Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
做小
zuòxiǎo
to become a concubine
初小
chūxiǎo
lower elementary school
国小
guóxiǎo
elementary school (Taiwan)
大小
dàxiǎo
dimension
娇小
jiāoxiǎo
petite
小寒
Xiǎohán
Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms [[二十四節氣|二十四节气]] 6th-19th January
小三
xiǎosān
mistress
小丑
xiǎochǒu
clown
小丘
xiǎoqiū
hill
小乘
Xiǎochéng
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle
小事
xiǎoshì
trifle
小二
xiǎoèr
waiter
小人
xiǎorén
person of low social status (old)
小伙
xiǎohuǒ
young guy
小便
xiǎobiàn
to urinate
小偷
xiǎotōu
thief
小传
xiǎozhuàn
sketch biography
小儿
xiǎoér
young child
小儿
xiǎor
(coll.) early childhood
小刀
xiǎodāo
knife
Example Sentences (8)
今天过生日的朋友和所有的小朋友还可以获得一份小礼物。
Jīntiān guò shēngrì de péngyǒu hé suǒyǒu de xiǎo péngyǒu hái kěyǐ huòdé yí fèn xiǎo lǐwù.
Friends who are celebrating a birthday today and all children can also receive a small gift.
Text 4
我现在上有老，下有小。除了工作以外，家里还有母亲和儿子需要照顾。
Wǒ xiànzài shàng yǒu lǎo, xià yǒu xiǎo. Chúle gōngzuò yǐwài, jiālǐ hái yǒu mǔqīn hé érzi xūyào zhàogù.
I now have elderly to care for and children to raise. Besides work, I also need to take care of my mother and my son at home.
Text 1
那件衣服我穿着有点儿小，给我弟弟了。
Nà jiàn yīfu wǒ chuānzhe yǒu diǎnr xiǎo, gěi wǒ dìdi le.
That piece of clothing was a bit small on me, so I gave it to my younger brother.
Text 3
女儿变化不小，她小时候喜欢短头发，像男孩子一样。
Nǚ'ér biànhuà bù xiǎo, tā xiǎo shíhou xǐhuan duǎn tóufa, xiàng nán háizi yíyàng.
My daughter has changed a lot. When she was little, she liked short hair, like a boy.
Text 1
现代科学技术的发展让世界变得越来越小，所以现在人们都把地球叫作“地球村”。
Xiàndài kēxué jìshù de fāzhǎn ràng shìjiè biànde yuèláiyuè xiǎo, suǒyǐ xiànzài rénmen dōu bǎ dìqiú jiàozuò "dìqiúcūn".
The development of modern science and technology has made the world smaller and smaller, so now people all call the Earth the "global village".
Text 5
太好了！不过她这么小，我不知道她是否能读懂。
Tài hǎo le! Búguò tā zhème xiǎo, wǒ bù zhīdào tā shìfǒu néng dúdǒng.
That's great! But she's so young, I don't know whether she can read and understand.
Text 1
回答问题时，说得不要太快，声音也不要太小，要相信自己有能力做好。
Huí dá wèn tí shí, shuō de bù yào tài kuài, shēng yīn yě bù yào tài xiǎo, yào xiāng xìn zì jǐ yǒu néng lì zuò hǎo.
When answering questions, don't speak too fast, and don't speak too quietly. Believe that you have the ability to do it well.
Text 4
哭的时候，只要她爸爸学小鸟叫，她马上就安静下来了。
Kū de shíhou, zhǐyào tā bàba xué xiǎo niǎo jiào, tā mǎshàng jiù ānjìng xiàlai le.
When she cries, as long as her dad imitates a bird's call, she immediately calms down.
Text 3
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 82
- Word Frequency Rank
- 91 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 42