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  *小* | 小* | *小
small / tiny / few / young
HSK 1
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
short and small / low and small / undersized
HSK 4
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
HSK 4
cowardice / timid
HSK 5
to reduce / to decrease / to diminish
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children
elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学
(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level
minute / tiny / negligible / insignificant
HSK 7-9
(dialect) from childhood; from a young age
minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal
narrow
HSK 7-9
to be sb's concubine
young / immature
lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) / fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children / sandwich generation
no matter how big or small / not distinguishing junior and senior
fine / delicate
no longer a child (idiom)
the old and the young / the youngest member of the family
(Tw) (vulgar) what the hell? (from Taiwanese 啥潲, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-siâ], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
very small / very few / very minor
infinitesimal / infinitely small
slightly-built / petite
lit. loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom) / fig. a lot of talk, but no action
teenage; in one's teens; adolescent
large and small; of all sizes
narrow and small
(last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山) / (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place
file size
petite / delicate / dainty
extremely small / infinitesimal
lower elementary school (abbr. for 初級小學|初级小学)
(coll.) as one ages, one becomes more and more like a child
affiliated elementary school (abbr. for 附屬小學|附属小学)
minimal / extremely small
thief / bandit / scoundrel / villain
lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite
(coll.) to take a concubine
wife and children / (old) wife
sometimes big, sometimes small / varying
impolite / cheeky / impudent
wife and children / wife
since childhood
tiny / fine / minute
infinitesimal (in calculus) / infinitely small
variant of 渺小
variant of 渺小


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