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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 少

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Printable Stroke Order Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 少

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Pinyin shǎo、 shào

Radical

小

Strokes

Definition

few / little / lack, young

Usage

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多少 duō shǎo

number / amount / somewhat

少女 shào nǚ

girl / young lady

少奶奶 shào nǎi nai

young lady of the house / wife of the young master

少妇 shào fù

young married woman

少言寡语 shǎo yán guǎ yǔ

be a little bit quiet

少将 shào jiàng

major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal

少尉 shào wèi

second lieutenant (army rank)

至少 zhì shǎo

at least / (to say the) least

少年 shào nián

early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man

少数 shǎo shù

small number / few / minority

少数民族 shǎo shù mín zú

national minority / ethnic group

少林 Shào lín

the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school

缺少 quē shǎo

lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack

很少 hěn shǎo

little / rarely / seldom / hardly ever / scarcely ever

少量 shǎo liàng

a smidgen / a little bit / a few

少爷 shào ye

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

极少 jí shǎo

very little / very few

稀少 xī shǎo

sparse / rare

少于 shǎo yú

less than / under

最少 zuì shǎo

at least / minimum / lowest (amount) / minimal

少年儿童 shào nián ér tóng

Children

少见 shǎo jiàn

rare / not familiar (to the speaker) / sth rarely experience / hard to see

嵩山少林寺 sōng shān shǎo lín sì

Songshan Shaolin Temple

少帅 shǎo shuài

Marshal

凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo

everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious / everything points to disaster

必不可少 bì bù kě shǎo

absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential

或多或少 huò duō huò shǎo

more or less

极少数 jí shǎo shù

extremely few / a small minority

僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo

lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply

少安毋躁 shǎo ān wú zào

keep calm, don't get excited / don't be impatient

减少 jiǎn shǎo

to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower

知之甚少 zhī zhī shén shǎo

know little about / ill-informed

男女老少 nán nǚ lǎo shào

men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages

少不了 shǎo bu liǎo

cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many

人烟稀少 rén yān xī shǎo

no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate

足少阴肾经 zú shǎo yīn shèn jīng

the kidney channel of foot Shaoyin

不少 bù shǎo

many / a lot / not few

少许 shǎo xǔ

a little / a few

少顷 shǎo qǐng

in a short while / presently

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