Chinese Notes

小 xiǎo

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).
xiǎo noun Kangxi radical 42
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
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
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
小孩儿(小孩兒) child
小孩 child
小麦(小麥) wheat
小朋友 child
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、空中小姐、小说、小应用程序、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
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: 54
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
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
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
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