少
Meaning
- few
- less
- to lack
Example sentence
少了什么？
What is missing?
The character 少
少 is 小 with a stroke taken away: fewer. Read shǎo it is small in quantity — 很少, 不少, 少数 — and read shào it is young in years, which is the reading in 少年 and 青少年.
少了什么？
What is missing?
少 is 小 with a stroke taken away: fewer. Read shǎo it is small in quantity — 很少, 不少, 少数 — and read shào it is young in years, which is the reading in 少年 and 青少年.