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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *小* | 小* | *小
small / tiny / few / young
HSK 1
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
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  *零* | 零* | *零
zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
HSK 1
idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL: 個|个 / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *眼* | 眼* | *眼
eye (CL:隻|只,雙|双) / (often used with ) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
HSK 2
small number / few / minority
HSK 2
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *轻* | 轻* | *轻
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage
HSK 2
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *区* | 区* | *区
area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *所* | 所* | *所
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to row a boat / rowing; boating / small boat
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
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  *些* | 些* | *些
classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several
HSK 4
small scale / small size
HSK 4
short and small / low and small / undersized
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盒* | 盒* | *盒
small box / case
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铃* | 铃* | *铃
(small) bell / CL: 隻|只
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泉* | 泉* | *泉
spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *签* | 签* | *签
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *颗* | 颗* | *颗
classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *镇* | 镇* | *镇
to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)
HSK 6
baby / small child / doll
HSK 6
inn / small hotel
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *丁* | 丁* | *丁
male adult / the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干 / fourth (used like "4" or "D") / small cube of meat or vegetable / (literary) to encounter / (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195° / (chemistry) butyl
HSK 7-9
change (of money) / small change / pocket money
HSK 7-9
to retail / to sell individually or in small quantities
HSK 7-9
slight / light / trivial / to a small extent
HSK 7-9
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
HSK 7-9
to receive in no small measure
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盏* | 盏* | *盏
a small cup / classifier for lamps
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *粒* | 粒* | *粒
grain; granule; pellet; particle / classifier for small round objects (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) / (Tw) classifier for larger round objects (watermelon etc)
HSK 7-9
stool / small seat
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *枚* | 枚* | *枚
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个) / classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc / (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese "mai") / (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
HSK 7-9
virtually the same / differing only on small points
HSK 7-9
everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
HSK 7-9
firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL:
HSK 7-9
to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc) / to comfort
HSK 7-9
mound / small hill
HSK 7-9
extremely few / a small minority
HSK 7-9
to play a small role
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *星* | 星* | *星
star / heavenly body / satellite / small amount
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *叶* | 叶* | *叶
leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats
to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *几* | 几* | *几
small table
small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance
fair / market (in a public place) / small town
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *泡* | 泡* | *泡
puffed; swollen; spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces
small town
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *子* | 子* | *子
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *芮* | 芮* | *芮
small
very small / very few / very minor
small town; village
small dried shrimp
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *艇* | 艇* | *艇
vessel / small ship
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
small intestine
(computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瑟* | 瑟* | *瑟
a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *络* | 络* | *络
small net
Bonn, a small town on the Rhine, Cold War capital of West Germany 1949-1990
servo (small electric motor) / computer server
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雀* | 雀* | *雀
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
small store
goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
bag or purse etc / small bump or pimple / hillock
small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie
sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls / see also 大球
small girl
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *庑* | 庑* | *庑
small rooms facing or to the side of the main hall or veranda
small crack / chink
water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坞* | 坞* | *坞
(bound form) low area within a surrounding barrier / (literary) small castle; fort
small room opening off another; inner room / suite; apartment; flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom
thin flake / small piece
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砾* | 砾* | *砾
(bound form) gravel; small stone
minimal / extremely small
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *铮* | 铮* | *铮
clang of metals / small gong
romance / beautiful scenery / small or petty (of talk etc)
waist / small of the back
to divide into portions / to package in smaller quantities / to separate into loads
small hole in an object
small and exquisite / delicate / fine (features) / compact / nifty
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *坨* | 坨* | *坨
mound; heap; lump / classifier for small mounds (e.g. animal scat deposits) / (of noodles, jiaozi 餃子|饺子 etc) to stick together; to form a clump
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *钵* | 钵* | *钵
small earthenware plate or basin / a monk's alms bowl / Sanskrit paatra
fur / down (soft fur) / villi capillary (in the small intestine)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倪* | 倪* | *倪
(literary) small child / (literary) limit; bound; extremity / (literary) to differentiate / (literary) origin; cause
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阮* | 阮* | *阮
surname Ruan / small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of present-day Gansu Province
remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *篆* | 篆* | *篆
seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script
small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps / (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什麼|什么)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裨* | 裨* | *裨
subordinate / secondary / small
to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups
the smaller part or share of sth
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闺* | 闺* | *闺
small arched door / boudoir; lady's chamber / (fig.) women
by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small
minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal
small / unimportant / (polite) my humble person
appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鸢* | 鸢* | *鸢
kite (small hawk)
small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children

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