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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
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
novel / fiction / CL: ,
HSK 2
to be careful / to take care
HSK 2
young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
group
HSK 2
in one's childhood
HSK 2
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
small scale / small size
HSK 4
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
HSK 7-9
street food; snack
HSK 4
short and small / low and small / undersized
HSK 4
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
HSK 4
wheat / CL:
HSK 6
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
to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
HSK 7-9
erhua form of 小偷
HSK 5
kitten
eight-hour working day
techno-thriller novel
cowardice / timid
HSK 5
short, simple literary or artistic creation / essay / skit
HSK 7-9
Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras / also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2]
Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
thief
tip / gratuity
HSK 6
to reduce / to decrease / to diminish
romance novel / romantic fiction
Obuchi Keizo (1937-2000), Japanese politician, prime minister 1998-2000
handsome but effeminate man / pretty boy
urinal
Xiao'erjing, refers to the use of the Arabic alphabet to write Chinese
case sensitive / distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
underbelly / lower abdomen
colt / pony
Xiaozhai neighborhood of Xi'an
(bird species of China) oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula)
a small part; a small section
society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met
bistro
pocketknife; penknife
little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)
clown
HSK 7-9
small business
case insensitive / not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store)
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
tabloid newspaper
REDnote (Chinese social networking platform)
pigtail
a small appetizer / a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
HSK 7-9
fiddle / violin
HSK 7-9
small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children
virtually the same / differing only on small points
HSK 7-9
mini-nuke
eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty
compact car
child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child
elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学
compact car
hipster
(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
crayfish; (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯蝦|克氏原螯虾
young child / (humble) my son
(coll.) early childhood / baby boy
(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.)
Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
millet
(automobile) sedan / car
Little Red Riding Hood
School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家 during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
novelist
to prepare a crib sheet / to crib / to cheat by copying
small-scale / local / to a limited extent
least squares (math.)
innocent playmates
less than, <
HSK 6
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
naturally-formed feet (as opposed to bound feet 小腳|小脚) / long kick (soccer) / Bigfoot (mythological animal)
lowercase (letters)
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
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate / Taiwan pr. [xiao3su1da3]
(theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc)
small town; village
half hour
capitals and lowercase letters
trifle / trivial matter / CL: 點|点
violinist; fiddler

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