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Mythic Mandarin

至少 (zhì shǎo): meaning and stroke order

至少 (zhì shǎo) means at least, (to say the) least.

至少

Simplified
至少
Traditional
至少 (same form)
Pinyin
zhì shǎo

Stroke order of 至少

至

  • zhì to arrive; most
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

少

  • shǎo few; less
  • shào young
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 至少

  1. zhì shǎo
    • at least
    • (to say the) least

Radicals of the characters

至
Radical 至 (Kangxi radical 133) · 6 strokes · 𠫔 on top, 土 below
少
Radical 小 (Kangxi radical 42) · 4 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

至少 in our stories

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  • 爸爸尝了一口，半天没说话，最后对妈妈说：“至少让她把两件事都试一试吧。”

    bàba cháng le yì kǒu bàntiān méi shuōhuà zuìhòu duì māma shuō zhìshǎo ràng tā bǎ liǎng jiàn shì dōu shì yí shì ba

    Her father tasted it, said nothing for a long while, and finally told her mother, "At least let her try both."

    From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5

Stories using 至少

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).