少

The character "少" has 4 strokes. "少" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "少" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "少" are "shǎo" "shào" . View the stroke order of "少">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "少"

adj.: few; little; scanty; meagre; young

v.: be short of; lack; be not enough; owe; be missing; lose; stop; cut out

adv.: a short/little while; a moment

n.: son of a rich family; young master; children

• few : det., pron., & adj.少量；几个；没几个；几乎没有
• 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
• scanty : adj.少量的；不足的；暴露的；紧（身）的
• meagre : adj.不足的；质量差的；消瘦的；贫乏的
• young : adj.年轻的；年纪轻的；年青的；幼小的；初期的
• be short of : 短缺；缺乏；缺少
• lack : n.没有；缺乏
• owe : v.欠；欠… 东西；应该给予；应把…归功于；因…而感激
• lose : v.失去；丢失；输掉；未赢得（游戏；竞赛）；入不敷出；亏损；迷路；专注于；使…失去；（因死亡、断交）痛失（亲属）
• stop : v.结束；停止；填塞；处于；表现；停下来；阻挡；总是；中止
• cut out : 熄火, 停止不前
• children : 孩子们（CHILD的复数）

Form words with "少"

经水涩少 scanty menstruation

月经过少 hypomenorrhea; oligomenorrhea; scanty menstruation; spanomenorrhea; scanty menstrual flow

Example phrases using "少"

• 他要价九块钱一公斤，少了就不卖。

  He wouldn’t take less than 9 yuan for a kilo.

• 不论是老还是少，我们一律公平相待。

  Old or young, we’ll treat fairly.

• 练毛笔字，描摹临帖不可少。

  In practising Chinese calligraphy, one should trace and emulate characters written by famous calligraphers.

• 节假日少，而且间隔太久。

  Holidays are few and far between.

• 这条道路上车辆很多/少。

  There is heavy/little traffic on this road.

• 平时多流汗，战时少流血。

  Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in war.

• 这东西少一分钱也不卖。

  I won’t sell it for a cent less.

• 我还少你三个月的房租。

  I still owe you three months’rent.

• 少喝点儿水，免得起夜。

  Don’t drink so much, or you’ll have to get up during the night.

• 出席典礼的人很多/少。

  The ceremony was well/poorly attended.