Initial:shVideo guide
Final(T3):ǎoVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
4
Traditional:
少
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.few; little; scanty; less
你应该少喝酒。
You should drink less.
最近我们很少见到他。
We've seen very little of him lately.
你晚饭少吃点。
You should eat less for dinner.
antonym
- 2
v.be short of; lack; be not enough
他们还少两把椅子。
They've still two chairs short.
还少十元。
There are still ten yuan owing.
账算错了，少一块钱。
This account is wrong, we're one yuan short.
- 3
v.be missing; lose
少了本书。
One book is missing.
屋子里少了东西。
Something is missing in the room.
这里少了一个字。
There's a word missing here.
antonym
- 4
adv.a short/little while; a moment
少待
wait a moment
请少候。
Wait a moment, please.
- 5
v.stop; cut out
少废话！
Stop talking rubbish!
少来这套。
Cut it out.
Words and phrases with 少
- 少会[word]have not met for a long time
- 少气[word]weak breath
- 少得了[word]can do without
- 少育[word]fewer births
- 少列性[word]meiotaxy
- 少数股权[word]minority interest
- 少汗[word]hyphidrosis
- 少憩片刻[word]rest a while
- 少量[word]a little
- 少慢差费[idiom]achieve less, slower, worse and with less economical results
- 少言寡语[idiom]scarcely speak
- 少见多怪[idiom]be easily surprised because of ignorance
- 少调失教[idiom]lacking discipline and being illbred
- 稍安毋躁[idiom]don't be impatient, wait a while
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "shǎo", "少" means "small", and it is widely used; when pronounced as "shào", "少" means "youth", and it is only used to describe people.