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

• 必不可少组成(必不可少組成) absolute necessity; sine qua non
• 缺少 to lack
• 少管闲事(少管閒事) Mind your own business!; Don't interfere!
• 少女峰 Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland
• 稀少 sparse; rare
• 粥少僧多 many monks and little gruel (not enough to go around)
• 少年之家 children's center; children's club
• 少林派 Shaolin Sect
• 老少咸宜 suitable for young and old
• 少之又少 very few; very little
• 少校 major; lieutenant commander
• 少言 rarely talked
• 以少胜多(以少勝多) using the few to defeat the many; to win from a position of weakness
• 至少 at least
• 不少 not just a few
• 少数(少數) small number; few; minority
• 青少年福利 youths’ services
• 少顷(少頃) in a short while; presently
• 老少 the old and the young
• 年少无知(年少無知) young and inexperienced; unsophisticated
• 少林 the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
• 青少年 an adolescent; a youth; a teenager
• 寡二少双(寡二少雙) peerless; second to none
• 少突胶质(少突膠質) oligodendrocytes (Greek: cells with few branches), a type of cell in central nervous system
• 少奶奶 young lady of the house; wife of the young master
• 也好不了多少 hardly any better; just as bad
• 缺衣少食 short of food and clothing; destitute
• 少放 to add less (of a spice etc)
• 花有重开日，人无再少年(花有重開日，人無再少年) a flower may blossom again, but a person cannot get young again
• 少年宫(少年宮) Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
• 少壮(少壯) young and vigorous ; a young and vigorous person
• 多少有些 somewhat; more or less
• 少东(少東) boss's son; young master
• 少年夫妻老来伴(少年夫妻老來伴) husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
• 积少成多(積少成多) many little things add up to something great
• 沉静少言(沉靜少言) quiet disposition, rarely speaking
• 少间(少間) soon; a short while ; a narrow gap ; slightly better (state of health) ; a short stop
• 不可缺少 indispensable
• 少妇(少婦) young married woman
• 人烟稀少(人煙稀少) no sign of human habitation; desolate
• 疏谋少略(疎謀少略) unable to plan; inept at strategy
• 少不得 cannot be avoided; cannot do without
• 以少合众(以少合衆) a small number of troops against a large number
• 少小 young
• 较少(較少) less
• 狼多肉少 many wolves and not enough meat; not enough to go around
• 老少皆宜 suitable for both the young and the old

Also contained in

秘书少监 、 后少帝 、 青少年哪吒 、 少府监

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• 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
• 少傅 (少傅) 少傅 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 周官 Zhou Shu - Officers of Zhou — count: 5
• 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
• 少称 (少稱) 將尊師少稱將 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3