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狭小

xiá xiǎo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 狹小

狭小 (xiá xiǎo) means "narrow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 狭小 means

1. narrow

The characters in 狭小

• 狭xiánarrow; narrow-minded
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few

Example sentences

• “这么狭小的房间要三十元实在是太贵了。”他想。
  “ zhème xiáxiǎo de fángjiān yào sānshí yuán shízài shì tài guì le.” tā xiǎng.
  "30 Yuan is far too expensive for that little room", he thought.
• 「这么狭小的房间要三十元实在是太贵了。」他想。
  "Thirty dollars is a lot for that small room," he thought.
• 他醒了过来，发现自己正躺在一间不见天日的狭小囚室里。
  Tā xǐng le guòlai, fāxiàn zìjǐ zhèng tǎng zài yī jiān bùjiàntiānrì de xiáxiǎo qiú shì lǐ.
  When he came to he found himself lying in a small, windowless cell.

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