xiǎo

小

small

HSK 2.0 · 1 HSK 3.0 · 1
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Meaning, words & where you learn it

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Words with 小

小时 xiǎo shí hour HSK 1
小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss HSK 1
小学 xiǎo xué elementary school; primary school HSK 1
小朋友 xiǎo péng yǒu child HSK 1
小学生 xiǎo xué shēng primary school student; schoolchild HSK 1
小孩儿 xiǎo hái r erhua variant of 小孩; child HSK 1
小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful; to take care HSK 2
小组 xiǎo zǔ group HSK 2
小说 xiǎo shuō novel; fiction HSK 2
小时候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood HSK 2
大小 dà xiǎo dimension; magnitude HSK 2
从小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2

Examples from your lessons

  • 今天我很累,想休息一个小时。 I'm tired today and want to rest for an hour. Lesson 14
  • 跑一个小时。八点开始上班。 One hour. I start work at eight. Lesson 14
  • 要一个多小时。 A little over an hour. Lesson 16
  • 明天是小王的生日,我们一起去吧! Tomorrow is Xiao Wang's birthday — let's go together! Lesson 23
  • 那个小孩儿是你弟弟吗? Is that little kid your younger brother? Lesson 103
  • 小月,你家有几口人? Xiaoyue, how many people are in your family? Lesson 103

Character facts

Radical
小
Parts
亅 + 八
Structure
Overlaid
Unicode
U+5C0F

Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅

Same radical 小