small in Chinese

How to write 小

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小 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

小 in a sentence

• 这zhè是shì一yī个gè小xiǎo房fáng子zi。

  This is a small house.

• 这zhè只zhǐ猫māo很hěn小xiǎo。

  This cat is small.

• 我wǒ的de房fáng间jiān很hěn小xiǎo。

  My room is small.

• 小xiǎo孩hái子zi很hěn可kě爱ài。

  Small children are cute.

小 vs 大 vs 少

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 大 dà big; large

  The antonym pair — opposite size.

• 少 shǎo few; little (quantity)

  Size vs amount: 小 is 'small' in size; 少 is 'few/little' in quantity — 人很少 'few people'.