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小

xiǎo

HSK 1 Character

What 小 means

1. small
2. tiny
3. few
4. young

Example sentences

• 小心！
  Be careful!
• 小心!
  Be careful!
• 小心地滑
  Xiǎoxīn dìhuá
  Caution: wet floor
• 太小了。
  It's too small.
• 小心狗！
  Beware of the dog!
• 那么小！
  So little!

Words starting with 小

• 小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss; (slang) prostitute
• 小时xiǎo shíhour
• 小心xiǎo xīnto be careful; to take care
• 小说xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
• 小伙子xiǎo huǒ zi(colloquial) young man; young fellow; lad
• 小偷xiǎo tōuthief
• 小吃xiǎo chīstreet food; snack
• 小麦xiǎo màiwheat
• 小气xiǎo qìstingy; miserly; narrow-minded
• 小学xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
• 小心翼翼xiǎo xīn yì yì(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
• 小孩xiǎo háichild
• 小子xiǎo zi(colloquial) boy; (derog.) joker; guy
• 小时候xiǎo shí houin one's childhood
• 小区xiǎo qūhousing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell
• 小组xiǎo zǔgroup
• 小孩子xiǎo hái zichild
• 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuchild; kid…
• 小镇xiǎo zhènsmall town; village
• 小声xiǎo shēngin a low voice; (speak) in whispers
• 小事xiǎo shìtrifle; trivial matter
• 小路xiǎo lùminor road; lane; pathway; trail
• 小学生xiǎo xué shēngprimary school student; schoolchild; (fig.) beginner
• 小雨xiǎo yǔlight rain; drizzle

Words containing 小

• 缩小suō xiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to shrink
• 胆小鬼dǎn xiǎo guǐcoward
• 渺小miǎo xiǎominute; tiny; negligible
• 大小dà xiǎolarge and small; size; adults and children
• 从小cóng xiǎofrom childhood; from a young age
• 邓小平Dèng Xiǎo píngDeng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and…
• 中小学zhōng xiǎo xuémiddle and elementary school
• 家小jiā xiǎowife and children; wife
• 大大小小dà dà xiǎo xiǎolarge and small; of all sizes
• 一不小心yī bù xiǎo xīnto be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
• 长篇小说cháng piān xiǎo shuōnovel; full-length novel
• 狭小xiá xiǎonarrow
• 胆小dǎn xiǎocowardice; timid
• 短篇小说duǎn piān xiǎo shuōshort story
• 细小xì xiǎotiny; fine; minute
• 大街小巷dà jiē xiǎo xiànggreat streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
• 中小企业zhōng xiǎo qǐ yèsmall and medium enterprise
• 瘦小shòu xiǎoslightly-built; petite
• 自小zì xiǎosince childhood; from a young age
• 矮小ǎi xiǎoshort and small; low and small; undersized
• 幼小yòu xiǎoyoung; immature
• 武侠小说wǔ xiá xiǎo shuōa martial arts (wuxia) novel
• 大惊小怪dà jīng xiǎo guàito make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
• 娇小jiāo xiǎopetite; delicate; dainty

Characters that look like 小

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 少shǎofew; less; to lack

Sounds the same

Read xiǎo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 晓dawn; daybreak; to know
• 筱dwarf bamboo; thin bamboo
• 篠dwarf bamboo
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