小
xiǎo HSK1

small

小 xiǎo
small adjective
small; tiny; few; minor; in area, volume, quantity, or power, being less than average or less than the object of comparison; opposite of 大 dà

你是大眼睛还是小眼睛？

nǐ shì dà yǎn​jing hái​shi xiǎo yǎn​jing?

Do you have big or small eyes?

young adjective
young; being a child; junior in age; being the last in order of seniority or the youngest in a family

你还小，不能喝酒。

nǐ hái xiǎo, bù​néng hē jiǔ.

You're too young to drink.

妻子比我小8岁。

qī​zi bǐ wǒ xiǎo8 suì.

My wife is 8 years younger than me.

slightly adjectiveadverb
slightly; to a small degree

拜托你小点声。

bài​tuō nǐ xiǎo diǎn shēng.

Keep your voice down, please.

petty noun
petty; narrow-minded; of poor character; referring to someone who is mean or wicked
for a short time adjective
briefly; for a little while; for a moment

我们过一小会儿就回来。

wǒ​men guò yī xiǎo huì​r jiù huí lai.

We'll be back in a little while.

[address term] adjectiveaffix
prefix added to a surname or given name as a friendly way to address a younger person
[humble] adjective
humble way to refer to oneself or to things related to oneself, such as one's children or one's business
belittle verb
(literary) to look down on; to belittle; to underestimate
the young noun
children; the young; younger members of a family
concubine
(informal) concubine; mistress
nearly
placed before a number to indicate a value slightly less than that amount; nearly; almost
surname
a Chinese surname

Cross-References

Antonym

Same as

Frequency
Character
Written text
83rd most common 2123.9 per million
Movie subtitles
82nd most common 2123.5 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1042.3 per million appears in 94% of films
Written text
1098.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+5C0F

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)