小U+5C0F3 STROKES
Entry·pron. xiǎo
ㄒㄧㄠˇ
“Small; tiny; few; young; junior; humble self-reference; to belittle; bad person; child; concubine.”
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- 小時ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊhour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes; (archaic or literary) childhood, early years
- 小孩child; young kid; offspring; one's own children
- 國小ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇelementary school (Taiwan)
- 小說ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛa fictional prose narrative of book length; a novel; fiction; a literary work with plot, characters, and theme
- 小姐ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄝˇyoung lady; miss; a polite address for a young woman; (dated or slang) prostitute; (historical) daughter of a wealthy family; (Taiwan) wife; beauty pageant titleholder
- 小朋友ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄥˊ ㄧㄡˇchild; kid; used by adults to address a child; in Taiwan, often refers to one's own child.
- 小心ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣto be careful; to take care; to exercise caution; to be cautious
- 從小ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇfrom childhood; from a young age; since one was young
- 小組ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗㄨˇa small group; a team; a working unit composed of a few people.
- 大小ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇsize; dimensions; large and small; adults and children; important and unimportant matters; at any rate
- 小小ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇvery small; tiny; very few; minor; young (in age); slightly; a little
- 小學ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊelementary school; primary school; in classical Chinese studies, the study of characters, phonetics, and exegesis; in Song dynasty usage, minor rites of etiquette; minor or trivial learning.
- 小時候ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊ ㄏㄡˋin one's childhood; when one was young; during early years
- 小型ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊsmall in size; small-scale; compact; miniature.
- 小孩子child; a young person, typically under the age of puberty
- 小鎮ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄣˋsmall town; village; a small urban settlement in rural or suburban China
- 韋小寶ㄨㄟˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄠˇfictional character; the protagonist of Jin Yong's novel The Deer and the Cunning Treasure; a witty, roguish antihero in Qing‑dynasty China
- 縮小ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to shrink; to make smaller; to scale down
- 小吃ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄔstreet food; snack; light, inexpensive dishes; cold dishes or dim sum-style food; casual eating or snacking
- 小寶ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄅㄠˇa pet name for a child or young person; a term of endearment for a young child; a nickname for a baby or toddler
- 小子ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄗˇboy; young fellow; guy; (derog.) joker; (old) I, me (humble self-reference to elders); (archaic) servant; (archaic) minor official in charge of sacrificial rites.
- 小心翼翼ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄧˋ ㄧˋvery cautious and careful; meticulous; taking great care to avoid mistakes or offense.
- 小屋ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄨa small house; cabin; cottage; hut; shed; lodge; chalet
- 中小企業ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄧˋ ㄧㄝˋsmall and medium enterprise; a company below a certain size by employees, capital, or revenue; thresholds vary by country and era
- 小英ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧㄥXiao Ying; a common Chinese given name; nickname for Yingluck Shinawatra, former prime minister of Taiwan
- 小人ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄣˊa person of low social status or humble person (old); a petty or vile character; I, me (humble self-reference); a small person or commoner (Taiwan usage).
- 小提琴ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄧˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊviolin; a four-stringed bowed instrument held under the chin; the smallest and highest-pitched member of the modern string family; used in orchestras, chamber music, and as a solo instrument.
- 小米ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧˇmillet; Xiaomi, a Chinese electronics company founded in 2010.
- 小學生ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄕㄥprimary school student; schoolchild; (fig.) beginner
- 鄧小平ㄉㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊDeng Xiaoping (1904–1997); Chinese communist leader; de facto leader of the PRC from 1978 to 1990; architect of "socialism with Chinese characteristics".
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