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elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
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  *小* | 小* | *小
small / tiny / few / young
HSK 1
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
erhua variant of 小孩
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
novel / fiction / CL: ,
HSK 2
group
HSK 2
to be careful / to take care
HSK 2
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
in one's childhood
HSK 2
street food; snack
HSK 4
small scale / small size
HSK 4
young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
erhua variant of 小偷
HSK 5
less than, <
HSK 6
wheat / CL:
HSK 6
tip / gratuity
HSK 6
short, simple literary or artistic creation / essay / skit
HSK 7-9
housing estate; community; neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell
HSK 7-9
brook / streamlet
HSK 7-9
peddler / hawker
HSK 7-9
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
HSK 7-9
popular song / folk tune / ballad
HSK 7-9
moderately affluent / well-off / a period of peace and prosperity
HSK 7-9
clown
HSK 7-9
(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
HSK 7-9
foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn
HSK 7-9
to look down on / to underestimate
HSK 7-9
minor road; lane; pathway; trail
HSK 7-9
fiddle / violin
HSK 7-9
stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty
HSK 7-9
young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
round brackets; parentheses ( )
alley
grotto
subtotal
(bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger)
xiaomila, a hot chili pepper cultivar (Capsicum frutescens)
yellow bicycle (nickname for bicycles provided by the Ofo bike-sharing company, active 2014–2020)
lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝
Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)
isle
mallet / drumstick
brat / little devil
young Chinese cyber-nationalists
small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
bok choy (Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis) / CL:
gadget / widget (small item of software)
(slang) a piece of cake / a simple matter
child / CL: 個|个
shrimp / fig. small fry / minor player
(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
calf (of the leg)
dainty and delicate girl / concubine
thief
very small / very few / very minor
slug
small and exquisite / delicate / fine (features) / compact / nifty
Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭, Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan
micropedia
small intestine
cerebellum (part of the brain)
(bird species of China) pygmy cupwing; pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla)
young child / (humble) my son
(coll.) early childhood / baby boy
little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much
small store
decimal point
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
(literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
(coll.) boy / (derog.) joker / guy / (despicable) fellow
(telecommunications) cell broadcast
tabloid newspaper
Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
millet
chick
small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
wavelet (math.)
(ornithology) lesser rhea; Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata)
small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance
light rain / drizzle
little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp
small town; village
receipt / banknote of small denomination
cabin / lodge / cottage / chalet / hut / shed
(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
little brother / I, your little brother (humble)
lowercase
(coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
(bird species of China) little stint (Calidris minuta)
summary / short / brief / wrap-up
10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn
bomblet (of cluster bomb)
(slang) novice; greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool; idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸, pretty boy
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
concubine / mistress
lowercase (letters)

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