小

small, little

No. 98 most used · 0.21% of everyday spoken Chinese: about 1 character in every 476.

How it's built

A single shape: nothing smaller to learn.

A way to remember it

Three tiny grains: small.

Words

• 小姐

  xiǎo jie

  young lady; miss; CL:个,位
• 小心

  xiǎo xīn

  to be careful; to take care
• 小时

  xiǎo shí

  hour
• 小孩

  xiǎo hái

  child; CL:个
• 小伙子

  xiǎo huǒ zi

  (coll.) young man; young fellow; lad
• 小时候

  xiǎo shí hou

  in one's childhood

Sentences

• 不要小看我的力量。

  bú yào xiǎo kàn wǒ de lì liang

  Don't underestimate my power.
• 我一小时内来见你。

  wǒ yì xiǎo shí nèi lái jiàn nǐ

  I'll see you in an hour.
• 有一个小小的问题。

  yǒu yí ge xiǎo xiǎo de wèn tí

  There's a small problem.
• 一小时之内我就会到。

  yì xiǎo shí zhī nèi wǒ jiù huì dào

  I'll be coming within an hour.

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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.