How to say "small" in Chinese
小
xiǎosmallPart of speech: Adjectives
"small" in Chinese is 小 — pronounced xiǎo.
In a sentence
- 别怕，小心！Bié pà, xiǎoxīn!Don’t be afraid — be careful!
Sentence patterns that use it
- 我叫___。My name is ___.
- 喂，请问___在吗？Hello, is ___ there?
Words that share a character
Hear the tones, then say it back
Reading a word is the easy half. In HanQuest you meet 小 inside a quest — spoken by a villager, then checked against your own voice.
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