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

• 小酌 to have a drink; small party
• 纤小(纖小) fine; delicate
• 虚构小说(虛構小說) fiction
• 大醇小疵 great despite minor blemishes; a rough diamond
• 数小时(數小時) several hours
• 小缸缸儿(小缸缸兒) small mug (baby language)
• 小桌子 small table
• 大小由之 we follow them [the ancients] in things great and small
• 小喇叭 trumpet
• 小叔 husband's younger brother; brother-in-law
• 小牛 calf
• 八小时工作制(八小時工作制) eight-hour working day
• 小苇鳽(小葦鳽) little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
• 小腹 underbelly; lower abdomen
• 胃小凹 gastric pits
• 胆小鬼(膽小鬼) coward
• 小曲 popular song; folk tune; ballad
• 四小龙(四小龍) Four Asian Tigers; East Asian Tigers; Four Little Dragons
• 假小子 tomboy
• 言情小说(言情小說) romantic fiction
• 小泉 Koizumi
• 小岛(小島) isle
• 小气(小氣) stingy; petty; miserly; narrow-minded
• 小灶 mess hall for high-ranking cadres; special treatment
• 文件大小 file size
• 雷大雨小 much thunder but little rain; a lot of talk but little action; his bark is worse than his bite
• 雕虫小技(雕蟲小技) insignificant talent; a minor accomplishment
• 小型车(小型車) compact car
• 小扁豆 lentil
• 小小 very small
• 非小说(非小說) non-fiction
• 小弹(小彈) bomblet (of cluster bomb)
• 小米椒 same as 朝天椒[chao2 tian1 jiao1]
• 小家碧玉 pretty daughter in a humble family
• 小刀 knife; small knife
• 小九九 multiplication tables; (fig.) plan; scheme
• 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全(麻雀雖小，五臟俱全) The sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there .; small but complete in every detail
• 小题大做(小題大做) to make a big fuss over a minor issue
• 做小抄 to prepare a crib sheet; to crib; to cheat by copying
• 小的 small; young [child] ; I ; a servant
• 家小 wife and children
• 小犬座 Canis Minor

Also contained in

武侠小说 、 神怪小说 、 小金 、 小玩意 、 小称 、 邓小平理论 、 小野不由美 、 小应用程序 、 小池百合子

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
• 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
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — 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
• 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