小 xiǎo

1. 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).
2. 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)
3. xiǎo adjective brief
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Describing a short period of time (XHZD '小' 2, p. 825)
4. 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)
5. xiǎo adverb less than; nearly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '小' adv; XHZD '小' 4, p. 825)
6. xiǎo adjective insignificant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Describing importance (Kroll 2015 '小' 1b, p. 502)
7. 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)
8. xiǎo verb to shrink
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '小' 2, p. 502)
9. xiǎo verb to slight; to belittle
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '小' v; Kroll 2015 '小' 2a, p. 502)
10. xiǎo noun evil-doer
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 坏人 (Guoyu '小' n 1)
11. xiǎo noun a child
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 小孩 (Guoyu '小' n 2)
12. xiǎo noun concubine
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 妾 (Guoyu '小' n 3)
13. xiǎo adjective young
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '小' adj; Kroll 2015 '小' 1c, p. 502)
14. 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

• 开小差(開小差) to be absent-minded; to desert; to abscond from the army; to be absent without leave (AWOL)
• 小脏鬼(小髒鬼) dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
• 小辈(小輩) the younger generation
• 小春 10th month of the lunar calendar; Indian summer; crops sown in late autumn
• 小杜鹃(小杜鵑) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
• 千金小姐 a young lady with a thousand pieces of gold
• 小事 a small matter
• 小孩子家 a child
• 小姐 young lady ; prostitute ; an upper class woman ; wife
• 小过年(小過年) Lantern Festival
• 小号(小號) trumpet; small size (clothes etc); (coll.) number one; to urinate; (humble) our store
• 小作怡情，大作伤身(小作怡情，大作傷身) a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful
• 小犬 puppy; my son (humble)
• 做小抄 to prepare a crib sheet; to crib; to cheat by copying
• 小辫(小辮) pigtail
• 小心翼翼 careful and cautious; very catious
• 雷声大，雨点小(雷聲大，雨點小) loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain; a lot of talk, but no action; action speaks louder than words
• 小妹 younger sister
• 开小灶(開小灶) to give preferential treatment; to give special attention
• 小节(小節) a minor matter; trivia ; an interval between strong beats ; a bar ; first knuckle; first toe section
• 小儿软骨病(小兒軟骨病) rickets
• 美洲小鸵(美洲小鴕) Lesser Rhea; Darwin's Rhea; Rhea pennata
• 小型车(小型車) compact car
• 小媳妇(小媳婦) young married woman; mistress; (figuratively) punching bag ; child bride
• 小滨鹬(小濱鷸) little stint (Calidris minuta)
• 小茴香 fennel; fennel seed
• 小货车(小貨車) pickup truck
• 小碟子 saucer
• 柴门小户(柴門小戶) woodcutter's cottage; poor person's hovel; my humble house
• 最小值 least value; minimum
• 小见(小見) a shallow opinion ; a small audience
• 小红萝卜(小紅蘿蔔) summer radish (the small red kind)
• 小学(小學) elementary school; primary school ; study for a child
• 店小二 (in a tavern or inn etc) waiter; attendant
• 小底 small; young [child] ; I [humble]
• 研究小组(研究小組) research group
• 毛小囊 follicle
• 小潮 neap tide
• 小官 petty official; minor functionary
• 中小企业(中小企業) small and medium enterprise
• 小屋 cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed
• 出小恭 go to urinate
• 小开(小開) boss's son; rich man's son; young master
• 微型小说(微型小說) flash fiction
• 大人不记小人过(大人不記小人過) a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
• 小说家(小說家) a novelist ; School of Minor-Talks; Tellers of Fables
• 丝丝小雨(絲絲小雨) fine drizzle

Also contained in

小牛儿 、 小雅 、 小灵通 、 附小

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: 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: 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
• 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
• 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