small / tiny / few / young

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

mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL: 個｜个

small number / few / minority

eye (CL:隻｜只,雙｜双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc

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

to row a boat / rowing; boating / small boat

classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several

large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate

to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

area / region / district / small / distinguish / CL: 個｜个

to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

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

to press down / to calm / to subdue / to suppress / to guard / garrison / small town / to cool or chill (food or drinks)

light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage

small scale / small size

great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

inn / small hotel

short and small / low and small / undersized

inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag

stool / small seat

spring (small stream) / mouth of a spring / coin (archaic)

(small) bell / CL: 隻｜只

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-

baby / small child / doll

extremely few / a small minority

goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse

small drum for marking time

(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]

small box / case

firecrackers / string of small firecrackers / CL: 枚

(physics) to undergo nuclear fission / (fig.) to break apart, forming smaller units; to fragment

a small part; a small section

small table

Scirpis maritimus / small chestnut

to retail / to sell individually or in small quantities

small business

sth small that one can find pleasure in (e.g. a cold beer after a hard day or a serendipitous find in a second-hand store)

classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc

a small appetizer / a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)

small and weak; puny / the small and weak; children; women and children

low level of spending; small expenditure

virtually the same / differing only on small points

small dike

small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult

(fig.) (coll.) to fleece a group of people repeatedly (esp. small investors, consumers or fans), treating them as an endlessly renewable resource to harvest for profit

slight / light / trivial / to a small extent

to play a small role

saucer / small dish / CL: 盤｜盘

mound / small hill

to divide into portions / to package in smaller quantities / to separate into loads

vestibule / small inner room (opening to others) / suite / apartment

small-scale / local / to a limited extent

everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment

lit. one spot (on the leopard) / fig. one small item in a big scheme

small town; village

small truck; light truck

lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind

small and medium enterprise

rowboat; small boat / oar; paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc

petty advantage; small gains

trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one; a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc)

(PRC, mid-1990s) to restructure the large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) controlled by the central government and privatize smaller SOEs at the local level

by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small

(idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends; to deduce the whole story from small traces

small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts)

content to hold a small part of the territory / fig. forced to relinquish the middle ground / forced to move away

a portion smaller than a half / the lesser part / the smaller part

small store

variety of small cicada with a green back and a clear song (in ancient books)

to pollute (often fig.) / to be infected by / to gain a small advantage

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 capital / on a shoestring

small trader / peddler

a small bridge over a flowing stream

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

winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil)

small demon

small-scale

shrub / small tree / sapling / CL: 棵

small item / event (of program)

bag or purse etc / small bump or pimple / hillock

leaf / page / lobe / (historical) period / classifier for small boats

to separate and live apart / division of a large family into smaller groups

to engage in small talk / to chit chat

(bird species of China) small pratincole (Glareola lactea)

to stir-fry in a small quantity of oil

(bound form) a compound made by mixing ingredients (esp. a medicinal or chemical product) / (bound form) small piece of dough cut from a rolled log, used for making mantou (steamed buns) or dumplings / classifier for a dose of medicine

small bird / young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick) / (fig.) penis (kiddie term) / (golf) birdie

a small cup / classifier for lamps

gadget / widget (small item of software)

appetizer / small side dish / easy job / piece of cake / see also 小菜一碟

minute (i.e. extremely small) / infinitesimal

meager estate / small means

small hole in an object

small open trailer

small, poorly-equipped theatrical troupe that tours small towns and villages / (fig.) makeshift band of individuals / rough and ready outfit

small or medium size enterprise (SME)

A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine