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  *小* | 小* | *小
small / tiny / few / young
HSK 1
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
erhua variant of 小孩
HSK 1
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
to be careful / to take care
HSK 2
group
HSK 2
novel / fiction / CL: ,
HSK 2
in one's childhood
HSK 2
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
HSK 4
street food; snack
HSK 4
small scale / small size
HSK 4
short and small / low and small / undersized
HSK 4
young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
cowardice / timid
HSK 5
erhua variant of 小偷
HSK 5
wheat / CL:
HSK 6
tip / gratuity
HSK 6
less than, <
HSK 6
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
HSK 7-9
minute / tiny / negligible / insignificant
HSK 7-9
peddler / hawker
HSK 7-9
to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
HSK 7-9
minor road; lane; pathway; trail
HSK 7-9
foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn
HSK 7-9
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
HSK 7-9
housing estate; community; neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell
HSK 7-9
fiddle / violin
HSK 7-9
clown
HSK 7-9
to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
HSK 7-9
stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty
HSK 7-9
(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
HSK 7-9
short, simple literary or artistic creation / essay / skit
HSK 7-9
lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom) / to make life difficult for sb
HSK 7-9
virtually the same / differing only on small points
HSK 7-9
moderately affluent / well-off / a period of peace and prosperity
HSK 7-9
brook / streamlet
HSK 7-9
popular song / folk tune / ballad
HSK 7-9
to look down on / to underestimate
HSK 7-9
narrow
HSK 7-9
exceptionally bright kid / child prodigy
(bird species of China) great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
a portion smaller than a half / the lesser part / the smaller part
Asia Minor / Anatolia
(slang) a piece of cake / a simple matter
trivial matter / trifle
to give preferential treatment / to give special attention
(bird species of China) little curlew (Numenius minutus)
mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school
child
small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
gadget / widget (small item of software)
elementary school (Tw)
lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom) / fig. it's better than nothing
least value / minimum
petty advantage; small gains
gherkin
cabin / lodge / cottage / chalet / hut / shed
elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学
goblin / hussy / floozy
Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
millet
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, the two great beauties of ancient China
(slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
recurring decimal
woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel / fig. my humble house
murder mystery (novel); whodunit
cliquism / small-group mentality
compact car
the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
(literary) underage male servant
(theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc)
petty / small-minded
pouch
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
young squid (Tw)
(dialect) boss's son / rich man's son / young master
yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 2014–2020)
Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
light rain / drizzle
large and small; of all sizes
stingy / petty
simple life
(slang) novice; greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool; idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸, pretty boy
(coll.) popular young actress
(bird species of China) little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)
KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras / also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
insignificant soldier (idiom) / a nobody / nonentity
small store
flash fiction

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