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小说 xiǎoshuō

小说 xiǎoshuō Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 小说 xiǎoshuō .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎoshuō | xiao3 shuo1
English translation
novel
fiction
CL: běn [běn],[bù]

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Traditional form

小說

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 小说 xiǎoshuō

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xiǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

亅八

Number of Strokes

3
shuì

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and Duì represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Duì

Semantic compound

yán

Positional decomposition

讠兑

Number of Strokes

9

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这本小说 xiǎoshuō bèi diào le .

Several leaves had been torn out of the novel.

běn 小说 xiǎoshuō xiě 怎样 zěn yàng le ?

How is your work on that novel going along?

zhè běn 小说 xiǎoshuō de 封面 fēng miàn bèi diào .

The front cover of the novel has been torn off.

我们 wǒmen de 英语 Yīng yǔ 分为 fēn wéi 诗歌 shī gē 戏剧 xìjù 小说 xiǎoshuō děng 单元 dānyuán .

Our English course is divided into modules on poetry, drama, and novels.

zhè běn 小说 xiǎoshuō de 成功 Chénggōng 带来 dài lái le duō 部续 zuò .

The novel's success gave rise to a number of sequels.

小说 xiǎoshuō Decomposition

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小说 xiǎoshuō Compounds

See all 1144 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 小说 xiǎoshuō in their composition.

  • 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
  • shuì
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