小
Meaning
- small
- tiny
- few
Example sentence
不收小费。
No gratuity accepted.
The character 小
小 is three strokes narrowing to a point. Small: 小学, 小时 a small time, meaning an hour. In front of a surname it is affectionate for someone younger, 小王, and 小朋友 is how an adult speaks to a child.
Words containing 小
- 小孩儿 xiǎo hái r erhua variant of 小孩
- 小姐 xiǎo jie young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
- 小时 xiǎo shí hour
- 小学 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school
- 小学生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student
- 从小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age
- 大小 dà xiǎo large and small
- 小声 xiǎo shēng in a low voice
- 小时候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood
- 小说 xiǎo shuō novel
- 小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful
- 小组 xiǎo zǔ group
- 中小学 zhōng xiǎo xué middle and elementary school
- 矮小 ǎi xiǎo short and small
- 缩小 suō xiǎo to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
- 小吃 xiǎo chī street food; snack
- 小伙子 xiǎo huǒ zi (coll.) young man; young fellow; lad
- 小型 xiǎo xíng small scale