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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shǎo - few
- less
- to lack
- to be missing
- to stop (doing sth)
- seldom
shào - young

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 616 464 312

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

丿

Radical:

Type:

Pictographic

Hint:

Grains of sand; 小 provides the pronunciation and meaning

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
多少 1 1 360 694 372
至少 4 3 495 1,244 1,344
1 1 616 464 312
不少 - 2 1,426 665 1,657
少校 - - 3,483 24,234 50,595
减少 4 4 4,076 810 2,289
少女 - 7 4,214 3,642 2,689
青少年 5 2 4,532 3,476 9,605
少年 - 2 4,777 2,578 2,634
缺少 4 3 4,931 3,715 4,105
少数 - 2 6,704 3,786 9,484
少见 - 7 8,678 7,758 10,959
少爷 - - 9,376 10,222 7,708
少量 - 8 11,082 5,959 7,231
少尉 - - 13,076 42,260 69,486
或多或少 - 8 16,562 15,716 15,724
少许 - - 16,718 9,036 4,385
年少 - - 18,286 14,831 7,437
少将 - - 19,008 15,236 22,176
少不了 - 9 19,081 13,909 10,924
必不可少 - 9 19,347 11,872 12,389
少有 - 9 19,745 10,297 12,143
少数民族 - - 20,372 5,075 18,335
少年犯 - - 22,066 65,455 88,455
稀少 - 9 24,057 16,997 20,224
少林 - - 24,884 11,218 18,753
少儿 - 6 25,883 11,951 16,478
多多少少 - - 26,689 29,021 23,489
男女老少 - - 26,827 29,492 28,281
最少 - - 27,155 8,111 7,890
少妇 - - 29,114 20,949 15,285
少男 - - 31,617 - -
凶多吉少 - - 35,270 40,793 46,094
老少 - - 35,676 23,454 17,138
少林寺 - 9 35,997 14,135 21,876
少男少女 - - 50,343 37,614 30,736
少部分 - - 52,177 - -
少年宫 - - 53,186 34,510 33,870
少壮派 - - 61,961 66,041 93,834
人烟稀少 - - 64,578 52,525 47,633
缺衣少食 - - 66,439 - -
僧多粥少 - - 67,105 59,929 70,818
少来 - - 67,785 - -
少年人 - - 73,763 53,495 65,182
少奶奶 - - 86,879 48,427 34,341
缺斤少两 - - 89,818 87,127 69,170
多一事不如少一事 - - 90,243 71,987 57,454
少年老成 - - 94,033 77,568 63,848