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

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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 word has been viewed 38463 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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小寒 siu2 hon4 xiao3 han2 = Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 6th-19th January

小滿 siu2 mun5 xiao3 man3 = Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 21st May-5th June

小暑 siu2 syu2 xiao3 shu3 = Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 7th-22nd July

小雪 siu2 syut3 xiao3 xue3 = Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 22nd November-6th December

雷聲大,雨點小 leoi4 seng1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2 lei2 sheng1 da4 yu3 dian3 xiao3 = all talk, but no action

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 li4 xiao3 = weak, feeble, fragile, delicate

小羊 siu2 joeng4 xiao3 yang2 = lamb
See all 417 compounds (CantoDict reports 442 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 34 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.

我唔係咁小氣粵
I'm not that petty!
[Context: I was saying that I wouldn't share my bananas with someone; then, to make the point that it was a joke, the above phrase was used.]

你小心畀人搵笨。粵
Be careful not to be tricked by anyone.

我哋食藥嗰陣時，要小心啲；可能有副作用。粵
When taking medication, we have to be careful; there may be some side-effects.

唔食菜嘅小朋友唔准食甜品粵
Children who don't eat their vegetables aren't allowed to eat dessert.

請小心月台空隙
Please mind the gap
[MTR announcement]

請小心列車與月台間之空隙
Please mind the gap between the train and the platform
[MTR announcement]

條路好滑，佢唔小心躀咗一跤粵
The road was very slippery. He wasn't careful and slipped.

還帶著睡眼惺忪的小學生在路旁等校車。國
The sleepy-eyed students are waiting for the school bus by the road.

呢壇嘢要從長計議，小心駛得晚年船呀粵
We must consider this matter more carefully; being cautious will help us go a long way.

國家政府一直監察著你，最好自己小心啲粵
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.

小面積房子最熱銷
Small houses are most in demand

靚女一上車，小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards

女仔小心啲唔好輕信男人講嘢就OK嘞粵
Girls will be all right as long as they are careful and don't believe in what the guys say.

為點小事，豈敢打擾！
I wouldn't dare bother you over such petty things.

小小心意你咪受落啲禮物囉唔好抰嚟抰去粵
It is a small token of appreciation, just accept the simple gift instead of pushing it back and forth.

小小苦楚等於激勵。
Tiny misery will only be a motivation.

呢度小小心意，希望你笑納。粵
Here is a little regards(gift), hope you would accept it gladly.
[心意 is literally [n] "kind regards/ thoughts", it symbolizes a gift or a present.]

我以後一定會加倍小心
I will certainly be much more careful in the future.
[加倍小心 literally means "add on double amount of carefulness", which implies "(be)much more careful"]

小榮真係扭計，成日都冇心機學嘢粵
Siu Wing's always kicking up a fuss about studying, he never has any motivation.
[Lit. Siu Wing really unwilling-to-do-work, all-day also no-heart study things. (This is a good example of a phrase that's really tricky to translate directly.)]

小心月台空隙。
Watch out for the (train) platform gap.(warning)
[Watch out for the (train)platform gap.(warning) Common public announcement at train / transit stations.]

這本小說不怎麼樣。國
This novel isn't up to much.
[怎麼樣 can be used in the negative to mean "(not) well enough" or "(not) up to much". ]

自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]

我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

麻雀雖小，五臟俱全。
Idiom: Although the place is small, it is well installed with facilities.

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