小 xiǎo
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xiǎo
adjective
small; tiny
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
Notes: The opposite of 大 large; adjectives of size, such as 小, must precede adjectives of shape. For example, 小方桌 'small square table' (Guoyu '小' adj; Kroll 2015 '小' 1, p. 502; Sun 2006, loc. 1766; Unihan '小'; XHZD '小' 1, p. 824). -
xiǎo
noun
Kangxi radical 42
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '小' n 4) -
xiǎo
adjective
brief
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Describing a short period of time (XHZD '小' 2, p. 825) -
xiǎo
adjective
small in amount
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Describing a quantity (Kroll 2015 '小' 1a, p. 502; XHZD '小' 3, p. 825) -
xiǎo
adverb
less than; nearly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '小' adv; XHZD '小' 4, p. 825) -
xiǎo
adjective
insignificant
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Describing importance (Kroll 2015 '小' 1b, p. 502) -
xiǎo
adjective
small in ability
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Describing ability to drink, eat, or perform tasks (Kroll 2015 '小' 1d, p. 502) -
xiǎo
verb
to shrink
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '小' 2, p. 502) -
xiǎo
verb
to slight; to belittle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '小' v; Kroll 2015 '小' 2a, p. 502) -
xiǎo
noun
evil-doer
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 坏人 (Guoyu '小' n 1) -
xiǎo
noun
a child
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 小孩 (Guoyu '小' n 2) -
xiǎo
noun
concubine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 妾 (Guoyu '小' n 3) -
xiǎo
adjective
young
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '小' adj; Kroll 2015 '小' 1c, p. 502) -
xiǎo
prefix
indicates lack of seniority or brief tenure
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this use, 小 is a 指小 'diminutive' venacular prefix used with a noun or person's surname to indicate familiarity (Guoyu '小' particle; Kroll 2015 '小' 1c, p. 502; Sun 2006, loc. 691).
Contained in
- 小颚(小顎) mandible (lower jaw)
- 小三劝退师(小三勸退師) mistress dispeller
- 小城 small town
- 小伙儿(小伙兒) lad; young fellow; youngster
- 小萝卜头(小蘿蔔頭) little kid
- 小缸缸儿(小缸缸兒) small mug (baby language)
- 发小(髮小) close childhood friend whom one grew up with; a couple who grew up as childhood friends
- 小便器 urinal
- 大街小巷 great streets and small alleys; everywhere in the city
- 小舌 uvula
- 小资(小資) petit bourgeois; yuppie
- 小鼓 snare drum
- 小手小脚(小手小腳) mean; stingy; to be lacking in boldness; timid
- 小红莓(小紅莓) cranberry
- 小菜一碟 a small appetizer; a piece of cake; very easy
- 非同小可 extremely important; no small matter
- 小九九 multiplication tables; (fig.) plan; scheme
- 小燕尾 little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
- 小确幸(小確幸) sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store)
- 小写(小寫) lowercase
- 小广播(小廣播) grapevine; gossip
- 小女 my daughter
- 发热伴血小板减少综合征(發熱伴血小板減少綜合徵) severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
- 小扁豆 lentil
- 以小挤大(以小擠大) minor projects eclipse major ones
- 市井小民 ordinary people; the hoi polloi; commoner
- 小虾米(小蝦米) shrimp; fig. small fry; minor player
- 赔小心(賠小心) to be conciliatory or apologetic; to tread warily in dealing with sb
- 小人精 exceptionally bright kid; child prodigy
- 小鸟依人(小鳥依人) like a little bird relying on people; cute and helpless-looking
- 小河 brook
- 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
- 小额融资(小額融資) microfinance
- 国小(國小) elementary school
- 小马(小馬) colt; pony
- 小见(小見) a shallow opinion ; a small audience
- 世界小姐选美(世界小姐選美) Miss World Beauty Pageant
- 小臣 a minor official ; a court eunuch
- 小吃店 snack bar; lunch room
- 小步舞曲 minuet
- 小口 a small child ; a small opening
- 小岩洞 grotto
- 敲小背 to be masturbated by a prostitute
Also contained in
王小花 、 小金 、 夏小正 、 推理小说 、 小孩堤防 、 小字脸 、 小二 、 周小川
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 《歷書》 Calendars Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 153
- 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 96
- 卷107下 律曆志三下 Volume 107b Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 75
- 卷107上 律曆志三上 Volume 107a Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 71
- 第一 律曆上 律準 候氣 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 69
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 69
- 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 68
- 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 67
- 卷十八 志第八 律曆下 Volume 18 Treatises 8: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 66
- 卷十七 志第七 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 59
Collocations
- 小国 (小國) 非我小國敢弋殷命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 51
- 小邾 (小邾) 小邾射不在三叛之數 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 24
- 小大 (小大) 政有小大 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 11
- 小君 (小君) 葬我小君文薑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 9
- 小星 (小星) 小星 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧小星 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Xiao Xing — count: 5
- 小戎 (小戎) 小戎 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧小戎 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Xiao Rong — count: 5
- 褊小 (褊小) 衛國褊小 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
- 小宛 (小宛) 小宛 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小宛 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Wan — count: 4
- 侵小 (侵小) 大毋侵小 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 可小 (可小) 汔可小休 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 4