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.
少吃多餐
have many meals but little food at each
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.
我们还少一双筷子。
We still lack a pair of chopsticks.
- 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
- 少劳少得[word]less work, less pay
- 少不了[word]be indispensable; be unavoidable
- 少育[word]fewer births
- 少会[word]have not met for a long time
- 少见[word]I haven't seen you for a long time; seldom seen
- 少节指[word]hypophalangism
- 少尿症[word]oliguria
- 少时[word]little while
- 少数人[word]a few people
- 稍安毋躁[idiom]don't be impatient, wait a while
- 少见多怪[idiom]be easily surprised because of ignorance
- 少慢差费[idiom]achieve less, slower, worse and with less economical results
- 少言寡语[idiom]scarcely speak
- 少调失教[idiom]lacking discipline and being illbred
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.