in English

xiǎo adjective, prefix HSK 1
small / tiny / few / young

Measure word

  • (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
  • to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle... attested in use
  • běn (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current... attested in use
  • fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分[fen4] attested in use
  • zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc attested in use
  • diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order... attested in use

Stroke order

Le caractère 小 tracé avec le numéro de chaque trait à son point de départ
Numbered strokes
Stroke-by-stroke animation of the character 小 Show the animation

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

How it used to be written

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • “坦白说,我有恐高症。”“你是个胆小鬼!”

    "To tell you the truth, I am scared of heights." "You are a coward!"

  • Ann 是一个小女孩。

    Ann is a little girl.

  • C语言的变量名是区分大小写的。

    Variable names in C are case sensitive.

  • Sam比Tom小两岁。

    Sam is two years younger than Tom.

  • 一個小時前雪停了。

    It stopped snowing an hour ago.

All example sentences with 小

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