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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 少量

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
少量 shǎo liàng - a smidgen
- a little bit
- a few

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
- 8 11,082 5,959 7,231

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
少 shǎo- few
- less
- to lack
- to be missing
- to stop (doing sth)
- seldom
少 shào- young
量 liáng- to measure
量 liàng- capacity
- quantity
- amount
- to estimate
- abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar)
- measure word

Other Words Containing 少量

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
少量 - 8 11,082 5,959 7,231