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 35727 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
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Showing 10 of 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.

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