小

The character "小" has 3 strokes. "小" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "小" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "小" are "xiǎo" . View the stroke order of "小">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "小"

adj.: small; little; tiny; petty; minor; young; junior; last in birth order; youngest; my; our

adv.: for a short while; briefly; slightly; slightly less (than); nearly

n.: the young; children; concubine; my son

• small : adj.小型的；不起眼的；极少的；无关紧要的；不重要的；幼年的；小的；低的；首字母小写的；低微的
• little : adj.小（巧）的；少的；低的；不重要的；小的；年幼的；小…；短的；稍微有一点儿的
• tiny : adj.极小的；微小的
• petty : adj.不重要的；琐碎的；小的；次要的；职位低的；下级的；细微的；卑劣的；小气的；轻微的
• minor : adj.较小的；次要的；较轻微的；小调的；年龄更小的；小的；相对简单的；无生命危险的；小音阶的
• young : adj.年轻的；年纪轻的；年青的；幼小的；初期的
• junior : adj.年少的；年轻人的；较年轻的；下级的；地位低的；初级的；学童的；三年级学生的；小
• youngest : adj.最年轻的；最初的；（young的最高级）
• my : det.我的；属于我的；与我有关的
• our : det.我们的；寡人的；朕的；本书的；本刊的；本报的；人们的
• for a short while : phr.一会儿
• briefly : adv.短暂地；简单地；简短地；暂时地
• slightly : adv.稍微地；些许地；纤弱地；瘦小地
• nearly : adv.接近；几乎；差不多；差点儿；密切地；亲密地
• the young : 年轻人
• children : 孩子们（CHILD的复数）
• concubine : n.妾；小老婆；姨太太；姘妇；情妇
• my son : 我儿子；我儿；我的儿子

Form words with "小"

小腿抽筋 spasm of calf

小云块 cloudlet

力气小 be inferior in strength;be inferior in strength;be inferior in strength

小白领 young white collar

小瘪三 little tramp

小礼物 small gift

小勺儿 little spoon

小公羊 ram lamb

小政客 minor politician; politicaster

小肠炎 enteritis

小云滴 cloud droplet

毒性小 be slightly poisonous

小脑炎 cerebellitis; parencephalitis

小过错 minor mistake; harmless error

小农业 agriculture in the narrow sense; crop farming

小样本 small sample

小脑萎缩 cerebellar atrophy

小动脉炎 arteriolitis

门面小 have a small shop front

小产假 miscarriage leave; leave for miscarriage

Example phrases using "小"

• 在先我年纪小，什么事也不明白。

  I was very young then and could hardly understand what was happening around me.

• 流星把一道小弧光唰地曳过天空。

  The shooting star swished a small arc across the sky.

• 我不能出差，我的孩子小，太缠手。

  I cannot go on a business trip; my child is too young for me to get away.

• 几座房屋零零落落地散布在小山上。

  A few houses were scattered over the small hill.

• 这间屋子面宽比我原来想的小。

  This room is not so wide as I thought.

• 高高的蓝天上飘着朵朵小白云。

  There were little white clouds high in the blue sky.

• 咱俩同庚，只是我小你两个月。

  We are of the same age. And I’m only two months younger than you are.

• 那些小银行被裁并为一个大的机构。

  The small banks were merged into one large organization.

• 他的小名叫丫子，大名叫王华。

  His childhood name was Yazi and his formal name is Wang Hua.

• 他很害怕，这也难怪，毕竟还小嘛。

  It’s understandable that he was frightened; after all, he is only a child.