小 (xiǎo): meaning and stroke order
小 (xiǎo) means small, tiny, few, young.
小
- Simplified
- 小
- Traditional
- 小 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xiǎo
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Stroke order of 小
小
- xiǎo small; tiny
- 3 strokes
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Meaning of 小
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xiǎo
- small
- tiny
- few
- young
Radical and structure
- 小
- Radical 小 (Kangxi radical 42) · 3 strokes
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Words with 小
- 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)
- 小区 xiǎo qū housing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell
- 小学 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school
- 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few
- 小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care
- 小事 xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter
- 小时 xiǎo shí hour; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 小路 xiǎo lù minor road; lane; pathway; trail
- 小声 xiǎo shēng in a low voice; (speak) in whispers
- 小雨 xiǎo yǔ light rain; drizzle
- 小船 xiǎo chuán boat
- 从小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age
小 in our stories
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一个小男孩看他很着急，就带他回到路口。
yí gè xiǎo nánhái kàn tā hěn zháojí jiù dài tā huídào lùkǒu
A little boy sees how worried he is and takes him back to the junction.
From the story How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
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他们听到了手机的声音，可是声音很小。
tāmen tīng dào le shǒujī de shēngyīn kěshì shēngyīn hěn xiǎo
They hear his phone ring, but very faintly.
From the story Where's my phone? HSK 2
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张雪包的饺子又小又好看，像一个个小元宝。
Zhāng Xuě bāo de jiǎozi yòu xiǎo yòu hǎokàn xiàng yí gè gè xiǎo yuánbǎo
Zhang Xue's dumplings are small and pretty, like little gold ingots.
From the story Making dumplings HSK 2
Where you learn it
小 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 小
- How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
- Where's my phone? HSK 2
- Making dumplings HSK 2
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
- The cheap room HSK 3
- The little carp's decision HSK 3
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).