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少
shào
1. young
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

少
shǎo
few, little; less; inadequate
HSK 1 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

少爷
shàoye
son of the boss
少来
shǎolái
refrain (from doing sth)
缺少
quēshǎo
lack
HSK 4
短少
duǎnshǎo
to be short of the full amount
稀少
xīshǎo
sparse
少妇
shàofù
young married woman
多少
duōshao
how much
HSK 1
少将
shàojiàng
major general
少尉
shàowèi
second lieutenant (army rank)
少年
shàonián
youngster
过少
guòshǎo
too few
至少
zhìshǎo
at least
HSK 4
不少
bùshǎo
many
少府
shǎofǔ
Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers [[九卿<jiǔqīng>]]
少放
shǎofàng
to add less (of a spice etc)
少数
shǎoshù
small number
老少
lǎoshào
the old and the young
少有
shǎoyǒu
rare
少东
shàodōng
boss' son
少林
Shàolín
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school

Alternate Entries

少
shǎo
few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
HSK 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
232
Word Frequency Rank
813 of 84,292