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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
in one's childhood
HSK 2
to be careful / to take care
HSK 2
young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
novel / fiction / CL: ,
HSK 2
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
group
HSK 2
young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
wheat / CL:
HSK 6
small scale / small size
HSK 4
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
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
stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty
HSK 7-9
less than, <
HSK 6
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
HSK 7-9
erhua form of 小偷
HSK 5
half hour
to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
HSK 7-9
cowardice / timid
HSK 5
housing estate; community; neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell
HSK 7-9
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]
compact car
thief
virtually the same / differing only on small points
HSK 7-9
(in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc)
handsome but effeminate man / pretty boy
urinal
alley; trail
road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road / fig. complicated and tricky job
person from the same county
peddler / hawker
HSK 7-9
underbelly / lower abdomen
minority of the population / non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc) / niche (market etc)
(bird species of China) little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Xiaozhai neighborhood of Xi'an
Xiaogang or Hsiaokang district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
a small part; a small section
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 model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance
a small appetizer / a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
tip / gratuity
HSK 6
(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
HSK 7-9
fiddle / violin
HSK 7-9
kitten
small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children
research group
mini-nuke
eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty
child emperor / (fig.) spoiled child / spoiled boy / pampered only child
hipster
short story
Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
millet
small and medium enterprise
(coll.) teen idol (male)
to prepare a crib sheet / to crib / to cheat by copying
least squares (math.)
(theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc)
penis (child's word)
murder mystery (novel); whodunit
Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney)
trifle / trivial matter / CL: 點|点
violinist; fiddler
lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
small truck; light truck
compact car
handful (of)
child
to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
HSK 7-9
using the toilet / urination and defecation
nonentity / a nobody
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
honeybee; (fig.) industrious person (esp. one who shuttles back and forth) / voice booster (microphone headset with a wearable speaker)
knife / CL:
by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small
little boy who is older than another young child (e.g. his playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) amiable form of address for a young man of about one's own age or a little older
decimal point
(derog.) girlfriend of a married man
young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
(idiom) chicken-hearted; gutless
a portion smaller than a half / the lesser part / the smaller part
small store
minute / tiny / negligible / insignificant
HSK 7-9
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
pup; puppy
(coll.) to look down on / to underestimate
(slang) naive, clingy, emotionally dependent, cute young guy (type of boyfriend)

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