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少

shào

Definition

young

Other pronunciations

shǎo

few
less
little
small
to lack
be short (of)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (17)

to save (money); province

to fry; to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (someone)

second (of time); unit of angle or arc equivalent to one sixtieth of a degree

granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

to make a noise; to disturb by making a noise; noisy; to argue; to quarrel; to squabble; to wrangle

to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms

clever; wonderful

sand; gravel; granule

cotton yarn; muslin

small bird; sparrow; also pr. [qiao3]

inferior

blind in one eye; blind; tiny; humble; to stare

to inspect; to examine; to be aware; to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders)

the limit; tip of branch

a freckle; lentigo

clamor; uproar; annoyance

shark family, including some rays and skates

Related words (28)

boss's son; young master

child

girl; young lady

young married woman

major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal

second lieutenant (army rank)

youngster; juvenile

major; lieutenant commander; junior ranking officer in Chinese army

son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)

young and pretty; pretty girl

shào zhuàng pài

young guard; young and vigorous group with new ideas; new wave

young lady of the house; wife of the young master

shào nián fàn

young criminal; juvenile delinquent

shào ér bù yí

not suitable for children

shào nián zhī jiā

children's center; children's club

shào nián lǎo chéng

accomplished though young; lacking youthful vigor

shào nán shào nǚ

boys and girls; teenagers

young; junior

young thug; malicious young ruffian

the old and the young

lǎo lái shào

old but young at heart

qīng shào nián

adolescent; youth; teenager

nián shào wú zhī

young and inexperienced; unsophisticated

nán nǚ lǎo shào

men, women, young and old; all kinds of people; people of all ages; each and everyone

kōng zhōng shào ye

airline steward

lǎo shào xián yí

suitable for young and old

lǎo shào wú qī

cheating neither old nor young; treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.

lǎo shào jiē yí

suitable for both the young and the old

Idioms (1)

yáng chǎng è shào

city infested with foreign adventurers (esp of Shanghai in pre-liberation China) (idiom)

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