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  *小* | 小* | *小
small / tiny / few / young
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
elementary school; primary school
HSK 1
hour / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
young lady / miss / (slang) prostitute / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
primary school student / schoolchild / CL: 個|个, / (fig.) beginner
HSK 1
erhua variant of 小孩
HSK 1
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
to be careful / to take care
HSK 2
group
HSK 2
novel / fiction / CL: ,
HSK 2
in one's childhood
HSK 2
middle and elementary school
HSK 2
in a low voice / (speak) in whispers
HSK 2
from childhood; from a young age
HSK 2
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
HSK 4
street food; snack
HSK 4
small scale / small size
HSK 4
short and small / low and small / undersized
HSK 4
young man / young guy / lad / youngster / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
cowardice / timid
HSK 5
erhua variant of 小偷
HSK 5
less than, <
HSK 6
wheat / CL:
HSK 6
tip / gratuity
HSK 6
fiddle / violin
HSK 7-9
minor road / lane / pathway / trail
HSK 7-9
foot soldier / minor figure / a nobody / (chess) pawn
HSK 7-9
person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character
HSK 7-9
housing estate; community; neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell
HSK 7-9
clown
HSK 7-9
minute / tiny / negligible / insignificant
HSK 7-9
to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally
HSK 7-9
stingy / miserly / narrow-minded / petty
HSK 7-9
to look down on / to underestimate
HSK 7-9
short, simple literary or artistic creation / essay / skit
HSK 7-9
narrow
HSK 7-9
peddler / hawker
HSK 7-9
to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
HSK 7-9
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
HSK 7-9
lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom) / to make life difficult for sb
HSK 7-9
virtually the same / differing only on small points
HSK 7-9
moderately affluent / well-off / a period of peace and prosperity
HSK 7-9
brook / streamlet
HSK 7-9
popular song / folk tune / ballad
HSK 7-9
(slang) micro-miniskirt
Kojima (Japanese surname and place name)
isle
(slang) a piece of cake / a simple matter
mistress / the other woman (coll.) / grade 3 in elementary school
child / CL: 個|个
using the toilet / urination and defecation
Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December
elementary school (Tw) / abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学
Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
millet
(slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
(literary) underage male servant
pouch
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
elementary school (Tw)
the smaller part or share of sth
large and small; of all sizes
very small / very few / very minor
(in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc)
(slang) novice; greenhorn / (old) (slang) fool; idiot / abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸, pretty boy
young child / (humble) my son
(coll.) early childhood / baby boy
chick
snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖)
romance novel / romantic fiction
the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty
minibus
small and exquisite / delicate / fine (features) / compact / nifty
lower leg (from knee to ankle) / shank
child
trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one; a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc)
snack bar / lunch room / CL:
little brother / I, your little brother (humble)
trifle / trivial matter / CL: 點|点
small store
(idiom) cautious; careful; prudent
underbelly / lower abdomen
light rain / drizzle
10th month of the lunar calendar / Indian summer / crops sown in late autumn
small and medium enterprise
thief
elf
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate / Taiwan pr. [xiao3su1da3]
steamed dumpling
eldest daughter of an affluent family / (polite) your daughter / bossy or indulged young woman / Miss High and Mighty
minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal
decimal point
calf / (coll.) lower-priced model of Lamborghini
little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
cutie / sweetie / (Tw) camisole (women's garment)
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
snack; nibbles
"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生
ugly duckling

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