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少量

shǎo liàng

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

少量 (shǎo liàng) means "a smidgen; a little bit; a few". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 少量 means

1. a smidgen
2. a little bit
3. a few

The characters in 少量

• 少shǎofew; less; to lack
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount

Example sentences

• 这个国家只剩下少量的长颈鹿。
  Zhège guójiā zhǐ shèngxià shǎoliàng de chángjǐnglù.
  Only small populations of giraffes remain in this country.

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