some / a few / a little / (following an adjective) slightly ...er

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著｜着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ...

a little bit

slightly / a little / somewhat

quiet; making little or no noise / surreptitious; stealthy / anxious; worried / Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]

a little bit

somewhat / a little

to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than

slowly / unhurriedly / little by little

a smidgen / a little bit / a few

a little bit; slightly

to bid farewell / to part (usually with little hope of meeting again)

in a little while / in a moment / later on

somewhat / a little / slightly

to be a little bit careless; to have a moment of inattentiveness; accidentally

difference; discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly

(coll.) lass / (dialect) little girl

galley proof (printing) / unimpressive / (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term)

little bell / CL: 隻｜只

(idiom) many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean

one or two; a few / a little; just a bit

to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)

little finger / pinkie

a drip / a little bit / intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)

little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp

little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)

little brother / I, your little brother (humble)

twice / for a little while

inferior brand; little-known brand

unit of area equal to 100 畝｜亩 or 6.67 hectares / a short while / a little while ago / circa. (for approximate dates)

a few; a little; a bit

a little; a few

little (dialect)

step by step / little by little

(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.)

chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak

lit. a thousand mile journey begins with the first step / fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one

lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little

bit by bit / every little bit

little imagined / scarcely realized

(bird species of China) little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)

a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom)

Personal Handy-phone System (PHS), mobile network system operating in China 1998-2013, branded "Little Smart"

pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy

(bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta)

to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)

to emerge / to crop up / a little more than

A just cause attracts much support, an unjust one finds little (idiom, from Mencius)

carrying very little luggage (idiom) / honest and incorruptible (government officials)

lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking

gradually / little by little / in the course of time

small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out

a little / a bit

an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助 a just cause attracts much support

monkey (dialect) / little monkey (affectionate term for children, subordinates)

little finger

little devil

a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm

a little bit

little darling / baby

(idiom) to know just a little; to have a rough idea

a moment / little while

gradually / one after another / little by little

operculum (Latin: little lid) / a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy)

(idiom) a short time; a little while

worthy little brother

(idiom) what lowly people think counts for little

if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered

little tuna / Euthynnus alletteratus

some / few / a little (Cantonese)

lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication; naive; unworldy

to do sb a favor at little cost

(of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation

(of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits

honorable little brother

a short time / a little while

little lamb

to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends

little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修)

a short time / a little while

corn flour mixed with a little soybean flour

having little knowledge / not well-read

very little / very few

honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)

very little / hardly any

massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)

bit by bit / dribs and drabs / the little details / every aspect

lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was

little girl who is older than another young child (e.g. her playmate) / (neologism c. 2017) (slang) young lady (amiable form of address for a young woman of about one's own age or a little older)

water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency

mermaid / the Little Mermaid

a little

(coll.) little kid

lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action / his bark is worse than his bite

towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow

lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝

(coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)

little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much

(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)

little green men from Mars