少少 (siu2 siu2 | ) : a little bit; a little

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少少

siu2 siu2

a little bit; a little. Mand.: 一點兒

Level: 1 Google Frequency: 379,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

少少

This word has been viewed 12016 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 31st Oct 2012 01:33

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Characters in this word:

少 siu2 siu3 - few; lack; be missing; young
少 siu2 siu3 - few; lack; be missing; young

7 compounds containing this word:

多多少少 - more or less; to some extent
好少少 - little better than
差少少 - nearly, almost
多少少 - more or less
老老少少 - old and young; young and old
少少苦楚等於激勵 - a little bit of difficulty/hardship is just encouragement
知少少，扮代表 - describes someone who thinks he's a know-it-all

Showing all 3 examples containing 少少

我琴日睇咗一套戲，有少少好睇粵
I saw a film yesterday... it wasn't very good.
[Lit. I yesterday see-already film, have little-bit good-watch]

呢個白酒有少少澀粵 ?!
This white wine is a little bitter.

一做錯少少嘢就俾佢插, 唔乞人憎就奇! 粵
He chews you out for every small mistake you make, it's no wonder he's so unpopular!

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

小小 siu2 siu2 xiao3 xiao5 = small; tiny;

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