small / tiny / few / young

idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個｜个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc

mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個｜个

knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass (CL:把) / (slang) (loanword) dollar / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs / (Internet slang) to bargain; to ask for a small discount (esp. on second-hand marketplaces)

small number / few / minority

eye (CL:隻｜只,雙｜双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage

zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither

to row a boat / rowing; boating / small boat

classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several

area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL: 個｜个

large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate

to roll up / (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation) / (slang) to compete to an unhealthy degree; hypercompetitive / a roll / classifier for small rolled-up things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl

an individual / self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 個體戶｜个体户)

to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

small scale / small size

great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

inn / small hotel

short and small / low and small / undersized

steamed bun with sweetened bean paste filling / (Tw) beancurd skin sheet folded into a small square packet shape then dried

stool / small seat

spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)

a small-sized Shiba Inu dog (often marketed as "Mame Shiba", not a recognized breed)

berry; small edible berry fruit

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-

baby / small child / doll

bicycle or tricycle equipped with a small motor (electric or fuel); (in modern use) electric bicycle; low-powered e-scooter

inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag

extremely few / a small minority

goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse

(idiom) to offer as a small token of one's feelings

virtually the same / differing only on small points

small drum for marking time

(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]

small box / case

a variety of free-range chicken, small with furless legs, laying smaller eggs

firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL: 枚

classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

a small part; a small section

small table

small fortress; fortified compound

Scirpis maritimus / small chestnut

saw palmetto (Serenoa repens, a small palm, an extract of whose fruit is used medicinally)

gudgeon (Gobio gobio, a small freshwater fish, or any of various similar or related species)

to retail / to sell individually or in small quantities

small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance

a small appetizer / a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)

small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children

small dike

(literary) (of an area) very small

slight / light / trivial / to a small extent

(fig.) (coll.) to fleece a group of people repeatedly (esp. small investors, consumers or fans), treating them as an endlessly renewable resource to harvest for profit

(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product) / (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings / classifier for a dose of medicine

saucer / small dish / CL: 盤｜盘

small and medium enterprise

to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)

everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

lit. one spot (on the leopard) / fig. one small item in a big scheme

small truck; light truck

(small) bell / CL: 隻｜只

rowboat; small boat / oar; paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc

petty advantage; small gains

(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level

by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small

small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts)

lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind

content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away

a portion smaller than a half / the lesser part / the smaller part

small store

remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account)

although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost

variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)

to pollute (often fig.) / to be infected by / to gain a small advantage

water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia)

small capital / on a shoestring

small demon

(coll.) handbag; purse / (Tw) (coll.) bag one carries (e.g. shoulder bag or backpack) / (coll.) small bump on the skin (pimple, mosquito bite etc)

to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups

to engage in small talk / to chit chat

to stir-fry in a small quantity of oil

mound / small hill

gadget / widget (small item of software)

appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟

minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal

small hole in an object

small open trailer

small trader / peddler

to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)

to play a small role

lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile

to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums

small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit

to receive in no small measure

small bag / sack

Tom Thumb (small person in folk tales)

small or medium size enterprise (SME)

lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond