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
- 小妾 my consort; your consort ; a mistress
- 小名 childhood name ; a name for oneself
- 小项(小項) small item; event (of program)
- 小团体主义(小團體主義) cliquism; small-group mentality
- 小朋友 child
- 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
- 老小 the old and the young; the youngest member of the family
- 两小无猜(兩小無猜) innocent playmates
- 小我 the self; the individual
- 国小(國小) elementary school
- 眇小 minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant
- 大呼小叫 to shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss
- 小行星 asteroid; minor planet
- 小贝(小貝) Becks, nickname of British footballer David Beckham
- 麻雀虽小,五脏俱全(麻雀雖小,五臟俱全) The sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there .; small but complete in every detail
- 小时了了,大未必佳(小時了了,大未必佳) being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up
- 小黑领噪鹛(小黑領噪鶥) lesser necklaced laughing thrush (Garrulax monileger)
- 小花远志(小花遠志) small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
- 小偷 a thief
- 小半 a portion smaller than a half; the lesser part; the smaller part
- 小太太 concubine; mistress
- 核小体(核小體) nucleosome
- 小产权房(小產權房) house with limited property ownership
- 小起重机(小起重機) jack
- 小额融资(小額融資) microfinance
- 小酌 to have a drink; small party
- 小犬 puppy; my son (humble)
- 小黄脚鹬(小黃腳鷸) lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- 见小(見小) miserly ; paying attention to fine detail
- 小儿麻痹(小兒麻痺) polio (poliomyelitis)
- 小袋 pouch
- 小杓鹬(小杓鷸) little curlew (Numenius minutus)
- 赤小豆 azuki bean; red bean
- 小小说(小小說) flash fiction
- 小白脸(小白臉) attractive young man (usually derog.); pretty boy; gigolo
- 小资产阶级(小資產階級) petty bourgeois
- 店小二 (in a tavern or inn etc) waiter; attendant
- 小本 small capital; on a shoestring
- 小道新闻(小道新聞) news from the grapevine
- 小题大做(小題大做) to make a big fuss over a minor issue
- 减小(減小) to reduce; to decrease; to diminish
- 高级小学(高級小學) advanced class of primary school
- 矮小 short and small; low and small; undersized ; too small
- 小白兔 bunny rabbit
- 大才小用 making little use of great talent; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Also contained in
区分大小写 、 小舌颤音 、 京本通俗小说 、 小吴祥子 、 程小东 、 小雁塔
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
- 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
- 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
- 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