小 (siu2 | xiao3) : small, tiny, little

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小

siu2

xiao3

[1] small; tiny; little [2] minor [3] young; junior [4] humble; mean; lowly [5] insignificant; light; unimportant; trivial; petty

Default PoS:

Stroke count: 3

Level: 1

Radical: 小 (#42)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

小

Don't confuse with:
少

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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小心 siu2 sam1 xiao3 xin1 = careful, warning

小明 siu2 ming4 xiao3 ming2 = child

小朋友 siu2 pang4 jau5 xiao3 peng2 you3 = children

力小 lik6 siu2 = weak, feeble, fragile, delicate, lacking in strength; weak force

小羊 siu2 joeng4 xiao3 yang2 = lamb

大小 daai6 siu2 da4 xiao3 = size, proportions

小姐 siu2 ze2 xiao3 jie3 = miss, young lady

小學校 siu2 hok6 haau6 xiao3 xue2 xiao4 = small school

小時 siu2 si4 xiao3 shi2 = hour

小說 siu2 syut3 xiao3 shuo1 = novel
See all 399 compounds (CantoDict reports 421 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 32 examples containing 小

行路要小心粵
You must be careful when walking.

我叫小明。
I am called Siu Ming.
[The alternative is 'I am Siu Ming' which is, in Cantonese, '我係小明。 ngo5 hai6 siu2 ming4']

小明同小芳係好朋友。粵
Siu Ming and Siu Fong are good friends.

小心揸車。粵
Drive carefully.

小馬就是幼馬國
A foal is a young horse.

一小時有六十分鐘。
There are sixty minutes in an hour.

小孩子們很興奮！國
The children are getting excited!

小姐，唔該借借。粵
Excuse me, Miss.
[For asking her to move, rather than trying to attract attention]

小明成日讚佢自己
Siu Ming is always praising herself.

如果唔夠小心嘅話，放煙花就好危險粵
If [you're] not careful enough, setting off fireworks is dangerous.

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