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
- 小介 to young servant
- 小嘴乌鸦(小嘴烏鴉) carrion crow (Corvus corone)
- 小白额雁(小白額雁) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus)
- 小名 childhood name ; a name for oneself
- 娇小(嬌小) refined; delicate; dainty ; faint [sound]
- 极小(極小) minimal; extremely small
- 小洞不堵,大洞吃苦 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger; a stitch in time saves nine
- 小腹 underbelly; lower abdomen
- 小计(小計) subtotal
- 督察小组(督察小組) supervisory group
- 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
- 纵纹腹小鸮(縱紋腹小鴞) little owl (Athene noctua)
- 小技 small skills; folk musical theater
- 神魔小说(神魔小說) supernatural novel; novel of ghosts and goblins
- 小包 packet
- 小鸦鹃(小鴉鵑) lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
- 小盘尾(小盤尾) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer)
- 虚构小说(虛構小說) fiction
- 小苏打(小蘇打) baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
- 丝丝小雨(絲絲小雨) fine drizzle
- 蜡笔小新(蠟筆小新) Crayon Shin-chan, Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
- 区区小事(區區小事) trivial matter; trifle
- 小数(小數) decimal digit
- 小精灵(小精靈) elf
- 小妹 younger sister
- 小鹃鸠(小鵑鳩) little cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps)
- 小题大做(小題大做) to make a big fuss over a minor issue
- 老小 the old and the young; the youngest member of the family
- 小寨 Xiaozhai neighborhood of Xi'an
- 小车子(小車子) small horse-cart; a barrow; a wheelbarrow
- 小惩大诫(小懲大誡) to punish a little to prevent a lot
- 中小企业(中小企業) small and medium enterprise
- 以小人之心,度君子之腹 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure
- 通俗小说(通俗小說) popular fiction; light literature
- 小红帽(小紅帽) Little Red Riding Hood
- 小伙儿(小伙兒) lad; young fellow; youngster
- 小林 Kobayashi
- 小鸟依人(小鳥依人) like a little bird relying on people; cute and helpless-looking
- 小括号(小括號) brackets; parentheses ( )
- 小额(小額) decimal digits of a sum of money
- 小窃(小竊) petty theft
- 短小 short
- 小白脸儿(小白臉兒) pretty boy
- 小小说(小小說) flash fiction
- 小觑(小覷) to despise; to have contempt for
- 小姑 husband's younger sister; sister-in-law
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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
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 69
- 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
- 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: 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
- 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
- 小旻 (小旻) 小旻 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小旻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Min — 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