少 shǎo

1. shǎo adjective few
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: In the sense of 不多 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adj 1; Unihan '少')
2. shǎo verb to decrease; to lessen; to lose
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: In the sense of 丟失 (Guoyu '少' shǎo v 3)
3. shǎo adverb slightly; somewhat
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 略微 or 稍微 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adv 3)
4. shǎo verb to be inadequate; to be insufficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不夠 (Guoyu '少' shǎo v 1; Unihan '少')
5. shǎo verb to be less than
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '少' shǎo v 2)
6. shǎo verb to despise; to scorn; to look down on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 轻视 (Guoyu '少' shǎo v 4)
7. shǎo adverb short-term
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不久 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adv 1)
8. shǎo adverb infrequently
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不经常 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adv 2)
9. shǎo adverb slightly; somewhat
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 略微 or 稍微 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adv 2)
10. shào adjective young
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 年幼 or 年轻 (Guoyu '少' shào adj 1)
11. shào noun youth
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 年轻的时候 (Guoyu '少' shào n 1)
12. shào noun a youth; a young person
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 年轻人 (Guoyu '少' shào n 2)
13. shào proper noun Shao
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '少' shào n 3)

Contained in

• 少爷(少爺) son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)
• 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全(少女露笑臉，婚事半成全) When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done.
• 缺心少肺 brainless; stupid
• 寡闻少见(寡聞少見) having heard little and seen few things; ignorant
• 少孤 became young orphans
• 狼多肉少 many wolves and not enough meat; not enough to go around
• 寡见少闻(寡見少聞) having seen little and heard about few things; ignorant
• 缺少 to lack
• 多栽花少栽刺 talk nicely and avoid disputes; give compliments and not remarks
• 空中少爷(空中少爺) airline steward
• 少奶奶 young lady of the house; wife of the young master
• 老少咸宜 suitable for young and old
• 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲(少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲) if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
• 少壮派(少壯派) young guard; young and vigorous group with new ideas; new wave
• 不可缺少 indispensable
• 海军少将(海軍少將) rear admiral
• 少儿(少兒) child
• 以少胜多(以少勝多) using the few to defeat the many; to win from a position of weakness
• 少年 a juvenile; youngster ; young
• 也好不了多少 hardly any better; just as bad
• 老来少(老來少) old but young at heart
• 少男少女 boys and girls; teenagers
• 阔少(闊少) the son of a rich man
• 少女峰 Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland
• 少林 the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
• 少年犯 young criminal; juvenile delinquent
• 寡二少双(寡二少雙) peerless; second to none
• 多多少少 to some extent; more or less
• 少根筋 dim-witted; foolish; absent-minded
• 空少 airline steward
• 老少无欺(老少無欺) cheating neither old nor young; treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
• 少有 uncommon
• 少先队(少先隊) Young Pioneers
• 男女老少 men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages
• 少长(少長) young and old
• 少不了 cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many
• 多一事不如少一事 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble; the less complications the better
• 少儿不宜(少兒不宜) not suitable for children
• 少放 to add less (of a spice etc)
• 少不得 cannot be avoided; cannot do without
• 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)
• 少尉 second lieutenant
• 疏谋少略(疎謀少略) unable to plan; inept at strategy
• 恶少(惡少) young thug; malicious young ruffian
• 陆军少将(陸軍少將) major-general
• 少无适俗韵(少無適俗韻) when I was young, I was out of tune with the herd
• 老少 the old and the young

Also contained in

安国少季 、 宋少帝 、 秘书少监 、 后少帝

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百一十 表第十一 宰輔年表二 Volume 110 Tables 11: Annals of Chancellors 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 157
• 第三十三回 Chapter 33 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 91
• 卷一百十二 表第十三 七卿年表二 Volume 112 Tables 13: Annals of the Seven Ministers 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 87
• 卷一百十一 表第十二 七卿年表一 Volume 111 Tables 12: Annals of the Seven Ministers 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 77
• 卷一百六十八 志第一百二十一 職官八 Volume 168 Treatises 121: Offical Posts 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 72
• 卷一百四十五 列傳第九十五: 劉玄佐 董晉 陸長源 劉全諒 李忠臣 李希烈 吳少誠 Volume 145 Biographies 95: Liu Xuanzuo, Dong Jin, Lu Zhengyuan, Liu Quanliang, Li Zhongchen, Li Xilie, Wu Shaocheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 66
• 卷一百〇九 表第十 宰輔年表一 Volume 109 Tables 10: Annals of Chancellors 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 62
• 第三十二回 Chapter 32 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 54
• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 54
• 卷六十一　表第三:　交聘表中 Volume 61 Tables 3: Communication between States 2 History of Jin 金史 — count: 52

Collocations

• 少师 (少師) 少師 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 微子 Shang Shu - Count of Wei — count: 16
• 少牢 (少牢) 殷以少牢 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 10
• 少皞 (少皞) 少皞氏有不才子 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 8
• 少姜 (少姜) 致少姜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
• 少进 (少進) 少進 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 少傅 (少傅) 少傅 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 周官 Zhou Shu - Officers of Zhou — count: 5
• 少安 (少安) 可以少安 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 少待 (少待) 姑少待我 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 少康 (少康) 而立少康 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 请少 (請少) 請少待之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3