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xiǎo

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xiǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎo | xiao3
English translation
small
tiny
few
young
small, tiny, insignificant

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About xiǎo

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Number of strokes

3

Radical frequency

41

Traditional form

xiǎo

Contains the radical

xiǎo

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

Dividing  by a line  jué

Etymology of xiǎo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

亅八

Explanation

Pictograph of three small dots, representing grains of sand or rice, to convey the meaning "small".

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Example sentences using xiǎo

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zhè xiǎo shù 已经 yǐjīng 扎根 zhā gēn le .

The young tree has struck root.

Fāng 鸿 hóng 渐要 bào 小姐 xiǎojie 欢心 huān xīn ,便 biàn Hēi tián 朱古力 zhū gǔ lì 小姐 xiǎojie 那些 nà xiē 亲昵 qīn nì de 称呼 chēnghu 告诉 gàosu .

He tried to amuse her by calling her the affectionate nicknames " Dark Sweetie " and " Miss Chocolate. "

小山 Xiàng 海岸 hǎi àn xià xié .

The hills subsided toward the shore.

小王 chī wán fàn Hòu shēn shǎng jiù zhǐ xià shèng 三十 sān shí kuài Qián le .

After his meal, Xiao Wang had only 30 yuan left.

附近 fùjìn 微云 xíng chuàn 鼓鼓囊囊 gǔ gu nāng nāng de xiǎo 香肠 xiāngcháng .

There was a string of tiny clouds shaped like miniature plump sausages.

Words with xiǎo

Explore 24 words and sayings that include the Chinese character xiǎo in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiǎo small xiǎo
小时 xiǎoshí hour小時
小姐 xiǎojie miss小姐 xiǎojie
小心 xiǎoxīn to be careful小心 xiǎoxīn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (coll.) boy小子 xiǎo zǐ
小孩 xiǎo hái child小孩 xiǎo hái
小组 xiǎo zǔ group小組
小说 xiǎoshuō novel小說
大小 dà xiǎo dimension大小 dà xiǎo
小学 xiǎo xué elementary school小學
小区 xiǎo qū neighborhood小區
小伙子 xiǎohuǒzi young man小伙子 xiǎohuǒzi
小时候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood小時候
小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small小小 xiǎo xiǎo
从小 cóng xiǎo from childhood從小
小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu
小型 xiǎo xíng small scale小型 xiǎo xíng
小偷 xiǎo tōu thief小偷 xiǎo tōu
小孩子 xiǎo hái zi child小孩子 xiǎo hái zi
中小企业 zhōng xiǎo qǐ yè small and medium enterprise中小企業
邓小平 Dèng Xiǎo píng Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"鄧小平
小丑 xiǎo chǒu clown小丑 xiǎo chǒu
缩小 suō xiǎo to reduce縮小
小事 xiǎo shì trifle小事 xiǎo shì

xiǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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xiǎo Compounds

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  • xiǎo
    • jiào
    • dāng
      • dàng , dǎng , dāng , dāng , dāng , dāng , dàng
    • Cháng
      • cháng , , ,
    • xué
    • ěr
    • shǎo
      • Shā
        • shā , shā , shā , suō , shā , , , xx , suō , shā , , , , , , , 髿,
      • shěng
        • , ,
      • liè
      • chāo
      • qiāo
        • jié , ,
      • bīn
        • bīn , pín , pīn , , , pín , bìn , bīn , bìn , bīn , , , bīn , , , , , , bìn , bìn
      • miǎo
      • suì
        • huì , wèi , huì , guì , , huì , , , , huì ,
      • miào , miǎo , chǎo , chǎo , shā , chāo , shā , miǎo , chāo , , chāo , shā , , , , , , , shā , , , , ,
    • Xīng
    • yuán
      • yuàn , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , , , , , , , , ,
    • guāng
      • huǎng
        • huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , huǎng , , ,
      • 耀 yào , huī , huǎng , guāng , guāng , , gōng , huǎng , guāng , guāng , guāng , huǎng , kuàng , guāng , , , , , , , , , huī , , , ,
    • shì
      • piào
        • piāo
          • piāo
        • piāo , biāo , piáo , piāo , piáo , piǎo , piāo , biāo , piào , piào , biāo , biāo , biāo , piāo , biǎo , biāo , biào , , , , , , , biāo , , , piāo , , , , biāo , , , , biào
      • jīn
        • jīn , jìn , , , 澿,
      • wèi
        • wèi , , , wèi , wèi , , ,
      • Zōng
        • Chóng
        • zōng , zōng , zèng , zōng , zòng , cóng , cóng , cóng , cóng , zōng , , , , , , , , zōng , zōng , , , , , , ,
      • nài
        • nài , , nǎi , nài
        • chá
        • cài
          • , ,
        • chì , , zhài , , cài , , , , , ,
      • bǐng
      • nài
        • , 渿,
      • suàn
        • ,
      • biāo , , kuǎn , suì , , , , zhī , , , , , zuò , , , , zhēn , yǒng , , ráng , yǐng , lóng , , , , , , , 祿, , chán , , dǎo , shì ,
    • cháng
      • cháng , 鲿 cháng
    • Shàng
      • táng
        • táng , táng , chēng , tāng , tāng , táng , táng , tāng , , , , , , , , ,
      • zhǎng
        • chēng , chēng , , ,
      • dǎng
      • shǎng
        • cháng , ,
        • chēng , chēng
      • dāng
        • dàng , dāng , dǎng , , dāng , , dǎng , dàng , , , , dāng , , dāng , dāng ,
      • shǎng , tǎng , tāng , tǎng , shang , cháng , cháng , shàng , , chǎng , shàng , tǎng , cháng , shǎng , , , , , , , , , , tāng , , , ,
    • jiān
    • Dǎng
      • tǎng , dǎng , , tǎng
    • Jīng
      • jiù
        • jiù , , jiù , , ,
      • Jǐng
        • yǐng , jǐng , jǐng , jǐng , , , , ,
      • hào
      • jīng , liàng , Liáng , qióng , jīng , lüè , liàng , jīng , liáng , jìng , qíng , jiàng , liáng , liáng , jīng , qíng , , , , , , , liàng , liáng , , , jiù
    • Sūn
    • Xiāo
      • shāo
        • shào ,
      • xiāo
      • xiè
      • xiāo , xiāo , qiāo , shào , xiāo , xiāo , qiào , xiāo , shāo , xiāo , shāo , qiào , qiào , xiāo , zhào , shāo , shāo , shāo , shāo , shuò , xiāo , shāo , shāo , qiào , shāo , xiāo , , , , , , , , qiào , , , , , ,
    • shé
    • táng
      • , ,
    • ěr
        • sūn
          • xùn , sūn , , sūn ,
        • yáo
          • ,
        • xiàn , xuán , dào , yáo , gǔn , , , ,
      • Suǒ
        • suō , suǒ ,
        • , , , , , , , , , ,
      • lěi
        • luó , luó , luò , léi , lěi , luò , luǒ , lěi , léi , léi , , , , , luó
      • fán
      • yíng
      • zuǎn
      • 綿 mián
        • , ,
      • hóng
      • yuē
        • , ,
      • jié
        • , jié ,
        • , ,
      • téng
      • zhòu
      • fēn
      • zhōng
      • jué
        • juē
        • , , lèi
        • wān
        • liàn
        • luán
        • luán
          • luán , ,
        • luán
        • xiǎn
        • , , , luán , 孿 luán , luán , , , , , , mán , biàn , luán , luán
      • juàn
        • juàn
      • wéi
        • luō
          • luó
            • luo
          • luó , luò , luó , luō , , , , , luó , luó ,
        • wéi
      • huǎn
      • yíng
        • ,
      • màn
      • jiǎn
      • lèi
        • lěi , léi , , ,
      • jǐn , wěn , liàn , gěi , bǎng , wén , , , biān , , xián , jǐn , gǎo , , wǎng , jīng , luò , suō , 乿 zhì , jiǔ , , fóu , , jīn , zhì , tuó , zhěn , shī , jīng , rèn , guà , kuàng , , gēng , bǐng , , lěi , huì , zhí , , miǎn , 絿 qiú , , qīn , , tīng , , jiǒng , féng ,
      • , , , , cuì , jié , zōu , , ruí , , , zǒng , , , xiè , gēng , zǒng , , yuán , zǒng , , shéng , pán , tāo , zài , zòng , cài , , , 縿 shān , , qiǎng , xiān , , suì , , fān , ruǐ , huà , , , , , zuǎn , xiān , , , luò , ,
      • , , jiū , 糿, , , , , wán , rèn , , , , niǔ , , shū , chún , , , shā , , zhǐ , , yún , , fǎng , , , , , , , , , , , , shēn , , , , , , shào , gàn , , , 紿, chù ,
      • , bàn , , , , , , háng , , jié , , , , , , tāo , , jiǎo , , , xuàn , , , , róng , , , , , tǒng , jiàng , , , , , , , tǒng , , , , , , , , , , suí , ,
      • , , , zōng , , , , , , chóu , quǎn , , , , , , shòu , , , gāng , , zhuì , cǎi , , lún , liǔ , , zhàn , , chuò , , , , gǔn , , , , fēi , , , , , , jiān , , xiàn , , duàn , ,
      • , , yuán , , , , miǎn , , , wěi , , miǎo , , , , , , , zhì , , , , 緿, , , , , jìn , , , , , , , , , , , yūn , , , , , , , , , , tāo ,
      • , fèng , , , zòng , , , qiàn , , , , piāo , , , zǒng , , , , běng , , móu , , , , , , , zēng , , zhī , shàn , , , liáo , , , rào , , xiù , , , , , , shéng , huì , , , huán , qiāo
      • , , jiǎo , , , , , , , , bīn , qiǎn , 繿, , , , , xié , , , , chán , , chán , yīng , cái , xiān , , , lǎn , , , biàn ,
    • suǒ
    • qiān
    • xx
    • shū
      • shū
        • shū
        • , jiāo , , chù , , shū , , , , , , ,
        • , , , miè , , , , , , ,
      • , ,
    • xiàn
    • jué
      • , nié ,
    • liào
      • liáo
        • liáo , , ,
      • liáo , lǎo , liāo , liǎo , liáo , liào , liáo , liáo , liáo , liáo , liáo , liǎo , liáo , liáo , liāo , lǎo , , , , , , liáo , , , liáo , liáo , liào , ,
    • liú
      • dān
        • dàn , zhàn , ,
      • cháo , shòu
      • , ,
    • Yìng , , chén , , , láo , yán , yíng , , shàng , , róng , yīng , , yíng , hòu , xué , liáo , hóng , , , suǒ , , , jié , , xué , , , , , suǒ , , , suǒ , , zhāi
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