The Chinese word for small is
小
xiǎo
Chinese Definition
| small | |
| 1. 形容词. 小 |
Translations for small and their definitions
| 小 | |
| 1. small, tiny, little | |
| 小孩 - child | |
| Antonyms: 大 | |
| 2. minor, petty | |
| 3. briefly, for a short while | |
| 小憩 - brief rest | |
| 4. slightly, a little | |
| 5. young | |
| 小狗 - puppy | |
| 小貓 - kitten | |
| 小羊 - lamb | |
| 這 嬰兒 太 小 了，不 能 自己 吃 東西。 - The baby is too young to feed itself. | |
| Antonyms: 老 | |
| 6. (the) youngest | |
| 小兒子 - youngest son | |
| 7. a young person; child, kid, baby | |
| 一家老小 - the entire family, old and young | |
| 8. Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people). | |
| For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李. | |
| 9. (humble) my, our | |
| 小弟 - humble I | |
| 小女 - humble my daughter | |
| 小的 - humble I | |
| 10. Short for 小學 (gloss=primary school) | |
| 11. Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school. | |
| 12. 二Èr 小Xiǎo - No. 2 Primary School | |
| 13. Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education. | |
| 14. 小一 - P1 (first year in primary school) | |
| 15. (dialectal) concubine | |
| 16. (Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of gloss=to fuck. | |
| 小 你！ - Duck you! | |
| 17. (chiefly Taiwan vulgar) Alternative form of 潲 (siâu), chiefly used in 三小. |
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