小 xiǎo

1. xiǎo adjective small / tiny / insignificant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale 规模
   Notes: Adjectives of size, such as 小, must precede adjectives of shape. For example, 小方桌 'small square table' (Unihan '小'; Sun 2006, loc. 1766).
2. xiǎo noun Kangxi radical 42
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. xiǎo prefix indicates lack of seniority or young age
   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 (Sun 2006, loc. 691).

Contained in

• 中小学(中小學) middle and elementary school
• 小时(小時) hour
• 小潮 neap tide
• 大小 dimension / magnitude / size / measurement ; large and small ; adults and children
• 大小写(大小寫) case
• 小巧 exquisite
• 小型 small scale / small size
• 小篆 Small Seal Script
• 小学生(小學生) elementary school student / primary school student ; a young child
• 小标题(小標題) caption / subheading ; caption / subtitle / closed-captioning
• 小于(小於) to be less than
• 爱小便宜(愛小便宜) love of petty profits
• 小节(小節) a minor matter / trivia ; an interval between strong beats ; a bar ; first knuckle / first toe section
• 小学(小學) elementary school / primary school ; study for a child
• 空中小姐 stewardess / air hostess / female flight attendant
• 小姐 young lady
• 小轮车(小輪車) bicycle motocross (BMX)
• 小伙子 lad / young fellow / youngster
• 小伙儿(小伙兒) lad / young fellow / youngster
• 从小(從小) from childhood
• 小伙 young man
• 小气(小氣) stingy / petty / miserly / narrow-minded
• 小心 to be careful / to be cautious ; to have misgivings / to worry ; small minded
• 小数(小數) decimal digit
• 小满(小滿) Xiaoman
• 小暑 Xiaoshu
• 小雪 Xiaoxue ; a light snowfall
• 小寒 Xiaohan ; moderately cold seather
• 最小公倍数(最小公倍數) least common multiple
• 小提琴 fiddle / violin
• 小米 millet ; Xiaomi Corporation
• 小孩儿(小孩兒) child
• 小孩 child
• 小麦(小麥) wheat
• 小朋友 child
• 小淘气(小淘氣) ascal ; 1. Rogue, Marvel Comics superhero
• 胆小(膽小) cowardly / timid
• 缩小(縮小) to reduce / to decrease / to zoom out
• 微小 very small / little
• 小便 urine ; to urinate
• 小组(小組) a group
• 大同小异(大同小異) the same with slight differences / virtually the same
• 渺小 minute / tiny / negligible / insignificant
• 细小(細小) tiny
• 小鬼 a little devil

Also contained in

小鹰 、 小说 、 区分大小写 、 小牛儿 、 王小花 、 小型计算机系统接口

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: 76
• 卷107上 律曆志三上 Volume 107a Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 72
• 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: 35
• 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: 34
• 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: 10
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 小弁 (小弁) 小弁 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小弁 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Bian — count: 3