少
Meaning
- few
- less
- to lack
- to be missing
- to stop (doing sth)
- seldom
- young
Example sentences
- His income was diminished by half after retirement.
- There is very little water in your coffee.
- Few students knew his name.
- They seldom watch television these days.
HSK words with 少
- 多少duōshǎonumber
- 不少bùshǎomany
- 少年shàoniánearly youth
- 青少年qīngshàoniánadolescent
- 少数shǎoshùsmall number
- 至少zhìshǎoat least
- 缺少quēshǎolack
- 减少jiǎnshǎoto lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- 少儿shàoérchild
- 少女shàonǚgirl
- 少见shǎojiànrare; seldom seen
- 少量shǎoliànga smidgen
- 少有shǎoyǒurare
- 必不可少bìbùkěshǎoabsolutely necessary
- 或多或少huòduōhuòshǎomore or less
- 少不了shǎobuliǎocannot do without
- 稀少xīshǎosparse
- 少林寺ShàolínSìShaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
- 极少数jíshǎoshùextremely few