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稍 shāo

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稍 shāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shāo | shao1
English translation
somewhat
a little
see 稍息 shào xī [shào xī]
somewhat, slightly, a little; rather

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About 稍 shāo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

稍 shāo

Contains the radical

禾 hé

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

Resembling 肖 Xiāo  grain 禾 hé ; 肖 Xiāo also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 稍 shāo

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰禾肖

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 hé represents the meaning and 肖 Xiāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 稍 shāo

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(若 ruò 米饭 mǐfàn 是 shì 剩 shèng 的 de 凉 Liáng 米饭 mǐfàn ,用 yòng 微波炉 wēi bō lú 稍微 shāowēi 转 zhuǎn 热 rè 1-2分钟 fēnzhōng .)

Sprinkle with Maggie sauce and add in wasabi if desired.

嗯 ēn , 尝 cháng 起来 qǐlai 不错 bù cuò , 只是 zhǐ shì 稍 shāo 辣 là 了 le 一点 yī diǎn .

Well, it tastes good, but it's a bit hot.

人生 rénshēng 是 shì 一 yī 场 cháng 稍稍 shāo shāo 不 bù 那么 nà me 无常 wú cháng 的 de 梦 mèng 而已 éryǐ .

Life is a dream a little less inconstant.

我们 wǒmen 只 zhǐ 要 yāo 给 gěi 他 tā 稍加点 diǎn 分 fēn , 他 tā 就 jiù 能 Néng 勉强 miǎnqiǎng 及格 jígé .

If we mark him up a tiny bit, he'll just get through.

她 tā 的 de 女伴 nǚ bàn 身体 shēntǐ 稍 shāo 矮 ǎi , 头发 tóufa 淡 dàn 褐色 hè sè ,富于 fù yú 表情 biǎoqíng 有 yǒu 双 Shuāng 蓝 Lán 眼睛 yǎnjing .

Her companion was of lower stature, with lightbrown hair and expressive blue eyes.

Words with 稍 shāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
稍 shāo somewhat稍 shāo
稍微 shāowēi a little bit稍微 shāowēi
稍后 shāo hòu in a moment稍後
稍稍 shāo shāo somewhat稍稍 shāo shāo
稍息 shào xī Taiwan pr. [shāo​xī]稍息 shào xī
稍纵即逝 shāo zòng jí shì transient稍縱即逝
稍许 shāo xǔ a little稍許
稍嫌 shāo xián somewhat稍嫌 shāo xián

稍 shāo Decomposition & Compounds

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稍 shāo Decomposition

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稍 shāo Compounds

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