| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 小 | 小 | xiǎo | - small - tiny - few - young |
| 做小 | 做小 | zuòxiǎo | - to become a concubine |
| 初小 | 初小 | chūxiǎo | - lower elementary school - abbr. for 初级小学 |
| 国小 | 國小 | guóxiǎo | - elementary school (Taiwan) - abbr. for 國民小學|国民小学[guo2 min2 xiao3 xue2] |
| 大小 | 大小 | dàxiǎo | - dimension - magnitude - size - measurement - large and small - at any rate - adults and children - consideration of seniority |
| 娇小 | 嬌小 | jiāoxiǎo | - petite - delicate - dainty |
| 小三 | 小三 | xiǎosān | - mistress - the other woman (coll.) - grade 3 in elementary school |
| 小丑 | 小丑 | xiǎochǒu | - clown |
| 小丘 | 小丘 | xiǎoqiū | - hill - knoll |
| 小乘 | 小乘 | Xiǎoshèng | - Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle - Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras - also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] |
| 小事 | 小事 | xiǎoshì | - trifle - trivial matter - CL:點|点[dian3] |
| 小二 | 小二 | xiǎoèr | - waiter |
| 小人 | 小人 | xiǎorén | - person of low social status (old) - I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) - nasty person - vile character |
| 小伙 | 小伙 | xiǎohuǒ | - young guy - lad - youngster - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小便 | 小便 | xiǎobiàn | - to urinate - to pass water - urine |
| 小偷 | 小偷 | xiǎotōu | - thief |
| 小传 | 小傳 | xiǎozhuàn | - sketch biography - profile |
| 小儿 | 小兒 | xiǎoér | - young child - (humble) my son |
| 小儿 | 小兒 | xiǎor | - (coll.) early childhood - baby boy |
| 小刀 | 小刀 | xiǎodāo | - knife - CL:把[ba3] |
| 小包 | 小包 | xiǎobāo | - packet |
| 小区 | 小區 | xiǎoqū | - neighborhood - district |
| 小卒 | 小卒 | xiǎozú | - foot soldier - minor figure - a nobody - (chess) pawn |
| 小叔 | 小叔 | xiǎoshū | - husband's younger brother - brother-in-law |
| 小受 | 小受 | xiǎoshòu | - (slang) the "receiver" (in a homosexual relationship) |
| 小可 | 小可 | xiǎokě | - small - unimportant - (polite) my humble person |
| 小吃 | 小吃 | xiǎochī | - snack - refreshments - CL:家[jia1] |
| 小名 | 小名 | xiǎomíng | - pet name for a child - childhood name |
| 小品 | 小品 | xiǎopǐn | - short, simple literary or artistic creation - essay - skit |
| 小嗓 | 小嗓 | xiǎosǎng | - falsetto (in Chinese opera) |
| 小型 | 小型 | xiǎoxíng | - small scale - small size |
| 小城 | 小城 | xiǎochéng | - small town |
| 小报 | 小報 | xiǎobào | - tabloid newspaper |
| 小女 | 小女 | xiǎonǚ | - my daughter (humble) |
| 小妖 | 小妖 | xiǎoyāo | - small demon |
| 小妹 | 小妹 | xiǎomèi | - little sister - girl |
| 小姐 | 小姐 | xiǎojie | - young lady - miss - (slang) prostitute - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 小姑 | 小姑 | xiǎogū | - husband's younger sister - sister-in-law |
| 小姨 | 小姨 | xiǎoyí | - (coll.) wife's younger sister - sister-in-law |
| 小娃 | 小娃 | xiǎowá | - child |
| 小婿 | 小婿 | xiǎoxù | - my son-in-law (humble) - I (spoken to parents-in-law) |
| 小子 | 小子 | xiǎozǐ | - (literary) youngster - (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) - (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) |
| 小子 | 小子 | xiǎozi | - (coll.) boy - (derog.) joker - guy - (despicable) fellow |
| 小孩 | 小孩 | xiǎohái | - child - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小学 | 小學 | xiǎoxué | - elementary school - primary school - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小官 | 小官 | xiǎoguān | - petty official - minor functionary |
| 小寒 | 小寒 | Xiǎohán | - Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-19th January |
| 小寨 | 小寨 | Xiǎozhài | - Xiaozhai neighborhood of Xi'an |
| 小写 | 小寫 | xiǎoxiě | - lowercase |
| 小小 | 小小 | xiǎoxiǎo | - very small - very few - very minor |
| 小屋 | 小屋 | xiǎowū | - cabin - lodge - cottage - chalet - hut - shed |
| 小岛 | 小島 | xiǎodǎo | - isle |
| 小巧 | 小巧 | xiǎoqiǎo | - small and exquisite - delicate - fine (features) - compact - nifty |
| 小巴 | 小巴 | xiǎobā | - minibus |
| 小巷 | 小巷 | xiǎoxiàng | - alley |
| 小店 | 小店 | xiǎodiàn | - small store |
| 小康 | 小康 | Xiǎokāng | - Xiaokang, a Confucian near-ideal state of society, second only to Datong 大同[Da4 tong2] |
| 小康 | 小康 | xiǎokāng | - moderately affluent - well-off - a period of peace and prosperity |
| 小建 | 小建 | xiǎojiàn | - lunar month of 29 days - same as 小盡|小尽[xiao3 jin4] |
| 小弟 | 小弟 | xiǎodì | - little brother - I, your little brother (humble) |
| 小强 | 小強 | XiǎoQiáng | - cockroach (slang) |
| 小弹 | 小彈 | xiǎodàn | - bomblet (of cluster bomb) |
| 小径 | 小徑 | xiǎojìng | - alley |
| 小心 | 小心 | xiǎoxīn | - to be careful - to take care |
| 小恭 | 小恭 | xiǎogōng | - (literary) urine |
| 小憩 | 小憩 | xiǎoqì | - to rest for a bit - to take a breather |
| 小我 | 小我 | xiǎowǒ | - the self - the individual |
| 小技 | 小技 | xiǎojì | - small skills - folk musical theater |
| 小抄 | 小抄 | xiǎochāo | - cheat sheet - crib sheet |
| 小拐 | 小拐 | xiǎoguǎi | - to turn right (Shanghainese) |
| 小指 | 小指 | xiǎozhǐ | - little finger |
| 小摊 | 小攤 | xiǎotān | - vendor's stall |
| 小攻 | 小攻 | xiǎogōng | - (slang) the "giver" (in a homosexual relationship) |
| 小数 | 小數 | xiǎoshù | - small figure - small amount - the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) - fractional part of a number - number between 0 and 1 - decimal fraction |
| 小于 | 小於 | xiǎoyú | - less than, < |
| 小昊 | 小昊 | Xiǎohào | - Xiaohao (c. 2200 BC), leader of the Dongyi 東夷|东夷[Dong1 yi2] or Eastern Barbarians |
| 小春 | 小春 | xiǎochūn | - 10th month of the lunar calendar - Indian summer - crops sown in late autumn |
| 小时 | 小時 | xiǎoshí | - hour - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小暑 | 小暑 | Xiǎoshǔ | - Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July |
| 小本 | 小本 | xiǎoběn | - small capital - on a shoestring |
| 小林 | 小林 | Xiǎolín | - Kobayashi (Japanese surname) |
| 小槌 | 小槌 | xiǎochuí | - mallet - drumstick |
| 小样 | 小樣 | xiǎoyàng | - galley proof (printing) - unimpressive - (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term) |
| 小树 | 小樹 | xiǎoshù | - shrub - small tree - sapling - CL:棵[ke1] |
| 小桥 | 小橋 | XiǎoQiáo | - Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China |
| 小民 | 小民 | xiǎomín | - ordinary people - commoner - civilian |
| 小气 | 小氣 | xiǎoqì | - stingy - petty - miserly - narrow-minded |
| 小河 | 小河 | xiǎohé | - brook |
| 小泉 | 小泉 | Xiǎoquán | - Koizumi (name) - KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006 |
| 小泡 | 小泡 | xiǎopào | - vesicles |
| 小波 | 小波 | xiǎobō | - wavelet (math.) |
| 小渊 | 小淵 | Xiǎoyuān | - Obuchi (Japanese surname) |
| 小港 | 小港 | Xiǎogǎng | - Xiaogang or Hsiaokang district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 小溪 | 小溪 | xiǎoxī | - brook - streamlet |
| 小滴 | 小滴 | xiǎodī | - a drop |
| 小满 | 小滿 | Xiǎomǎn | - Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 21st May-5th June |
| 小潮 | 小潮 | xiǎocháo | - neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter) |
| 小牛 | 小牛 | xiǎoniú | - calf |
| 小犬 | 小犬 | xiǎoquǎn | - puppy - my son (humble) |
| 小狗 | 小狗 | xiǎogǒu | - pup - puppy |
| 小球 | 小球 | xiǎoqiú | - sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls - see also 大球[da4 qiu2] |
| 小产 | 小產 | xiǎochǎn | - to miscarry - a miscarriage - an abortion |
| 小病 | 小病 | xiǎobìng | - minor illness - indisposition |
| 小白 | 小白 | xiǎobái | - (slang) novice - greenhorn - fool - idiot - abbr. for 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3], pretty boy |
| 小的 | 小的 | xiǎode | - I (when talking to a superior) |
| 小尽 | 小盡 | xiǎojìn | - lunar month of 29 days - same as 小建[xiao3 jian4] |
| 小看 | 小看 | xiǎokàn | - to look down on - to underestimate |
| 小众 | 小眾 | xiǎozhòng | - minority of the population - non-mainstream (activity, pursuit etc) - niche (market etc) |
| 小睡 | 小睡 | xiǎoshuì | - to nap - to doze |
| 小瞧 | 小瞧 | xiǎoqiáo | - (coll.) to look down on - to underestimate |
| 小票 | 小票 | xiǎopiào | - receipt - banknote of small denomination |
| 小秘 | 小秘 | xiǎomì | - (ironically) "secretary" (i.e. boss's mistress) |
| 小节 | 小節 | xiǎojié | - a minor matter - trivia - bar (music) |
| 小篆 | 小篆 | xiǎozhuàn | - the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty |
| 小米 | 小米 | Xiǎomǐ | - Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010 |
| 小米 | 小米 | xiǎomǐ | - millet |
| 小粉 | 小粉 | xiǎofěn | - (wheat) starch - amylum |
| 小组 | 小組 | xiǎozǔ | - group |
| 小结 | 小結 | xiǎojié | - summary - short - brief - wrap-up |
| 小编 | 小編 | xiǎobiān | - editor |
| 小羊 | 小羊 | xiǎoyáng | - lamb |
| 小考 | 小考 | xiǎokǎo | - quiz |
| 小声 | 小聲 | xiǎoshēng | - in a low voice - (speak) in whispers |
| 小脑 | 小腦 | xiǎonǎo | - cerebellum (part of the brain) |
| 小脚 | 小腳 | xiǎojiǎo | - bound feet (traditional) |
| 小肠 | 小腸 | xiǎocháng | - small intestine |
| 小腹 | 小腹 | xiǎofù | - underbelly - lower abdomen |
| 小腿 | 小腿 | xiǎotuǐ | - calf (of the leg) |
| 小舌 | 小舌 | xiǎoshé | - uvula |
| 小船 | 小船 | xiǎochuán | - boat |
| 小菜 | 小菜 | xiǎocài | - appetizer - small side dish - easy job - piece of cake - see also 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2] |
| 小葱 | 小蔥 | xiǎocōng | - shallot - spring onion - CL:把[ba3] |
| 小薰 | 小薰 | XiǎoXūn | - Xiao Xun (1989-), Taiwan actress |
| 小号 | 小號 | xiǎohào | - trumpet - small size (clothes etc) - (coll.) number one - to urinate - (humble) our store |
| 小蜜 | 小蜜 | xiǎomì | - (derog.) girlfriend of a married man |
| 小蠹 | 小蠹 | xiǎodù | - bark beetle (zoology) |
| 小袋 | 小袋 | xiǎodài | - pouch |
| 小褂 | 小褂 | xiǎoguà | - close-fitting (Chinese-style) upper garment |
| 小视 | 小視 | xiǎoshì | - to belittle - to look down upon - to despise |
| 小觑 | 小覷 | xiǎoqù | - to despise - to have contempt for |
| 小解 | 小解 | xiǎojiě | - to urinate - to empty one's bladder |
| 小计 | 小計 | xiǎojì | - subtotal |
| 小说 | 小說 | xiǎoshuō | - novel - fiction - CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] |
| 小调 | 小調 | xiǎodiào | - minor key (in music) |
| 小谎 | 小謊 | xiǎohuǎng | - fib |
| 小豆 | 小豆 | xiǎodòu | - see 紅豆|红豆[hong2 dou4] |
| 小猫 | 小貓 | xiǎomāo | - kitten |
| 小贝 | 小貝 | Xiǎobèi | - "Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 貝克漢姆|贝克汉姆[Bei4 ke4 han4 mu3]) |
| 小贩 | 小販 | xiǎofàn | - peddler - hawker |
| 小费 | 小費 | xiǎofèi | - tip - gratuity |
| 小资 | 小資 | xiǎozī | - petit bourgeois - yuppie - abbr. of 小資產階級|小资产阶级 |
| 小路 | 小路 | xiǎolù | - lane |
| 小车 | 小車 | xiǎochē | - small model car - mini-car - small horse-cart - barrow - wheelbarrow - type of folk dance |
| 小辫 | 小辮 | xiǎobiàn | - pigtail |
| 小游 | 小遊 | xiǎoyóu | - outing - short trip |
| 小过 | 小過 | xiǎoguò | - little mistake - minor offense - slightly too much |
| 小道 | 小道 | xiǎodào | - bypath - trail - bribery as a means of achieving a goal - minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) |
| 小酌 | 小酌 | xiǎozhuó | - to have a drink - small party |
| 小量 | 小量 | xiǎoliàng | - a small quantity |
| 小金 | 小金 | Xiǎojīn | - Xiaojin county (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan |
| 小开 | 小開 | xiǎokāi | - (dialect) boss' son - rich man's son - young master |
| 小雅 | 小雅 | xiǎoyǎ | - one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 |
| 小鸡 | 小雞 | xiǎojī | - chick |
| 小雨 | 小雨 | xiǎoyǔ | - light rain - drizzle |
| 小雪 | 小雪 | Xiǎoxuě | - Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December |
| 小项 | 小項 | xiǎoxiàng | - small item - event (of program) |
| 小颚 | 小顎 | xiǎoè | - mandible (lower jaw) |
| 小马 | 小馬 | xiǎomǎ | - colt - pony |
| 小鬼 | 小鬼 | xiǎoguǐ | - little demon (term of endearment for a child) - mischievous child - imp |
| 小鸟 | 小鳥 | xiǎoniǎo | - penis (kiddie term) |
| 小鸨 | 小鴇 | xiǎobǎo | - (Chinese bird species) little bustard (Tetrax tetrax) |
| 小鹀 | 小鵐 | xiǎowú | - (Chinese bird species) little bunting (Emberiza pusilla) |
| 小鹅 | 小鵝 | xiǎoé | - gosling |
| 小鸥 | 小鷗 | xiǎoōu | - (Chinese bird species) little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) |
| 小麦 | 小麥 | xiǎomài | - wheat - CL:粒[li4] |
| 小黄 | 小黃 | xiǎohuáng | - (coll.) taxicab (Tw) |
| 小鼠 | 小鼠 | xiǎoshǔ | - mouse |
| 小龙 | 小龍 | xiǎolóng | - snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖[sheng1 xiao4]) |
| 幼小 | 幼小 | yòuxiǎo | - young - immature |
| 弱小 | 弱小 | ruòxiǎo | - small and weak - puny - a child |
| 从小 | 從小 | cóngxiǎo | - from childhood - as a child |
| 微小 | 微小 | wēixiǎo | - minute (i.e. extremely small) - infinitesimal |
| 极小 | 極小 | jíxiǎo | - minimal - extremely small |
| 减小 | 減小 | jiǎnxiǎo | - to reduce - to decrease - to diminish |
| 渺小 | 渺小 | miǎoxiǎo | - minute - tiny - negligible - insignificant |
| 狭小 | 狹小 | xiáxiǎo | - narrow |
| 瘦小 | 瘦小 | shòuxiǎo | - slightly-built - petite |
| 眇小 | 眇小 | miǎoxiǎo | - variant of 渺小[miao3 xiao3] |
| 矮小 | 矮小 | ǎixiǎo | - short and small - low and small - undersized |
| 细小 | 細小 | xìxiǎo | - tiny - fine - minute |
| 缩小 | 縮小 | suōxiǎo | - to reduce - to decrease - to shrink |
| 纤小 | 纖小 | xiānxiǎo | - fine - delicate |
| 胆小 | 膽小 | dǎnxiǎo | - cowardice - timid |
| 藐小 | 藐小 | miǎoxiǎo | - variant of 渺小[miao3 xiao3] |
| 讨小 | 討小 | tǎoxiǎo | - (coll.) to take a concubine |
| 起小 | 起小 | qǐxiǎo | - since childhood |
| 附小 | 附小 | fùxiǎo | - subsidiary primary school (originally attached to an institute, university etc) - abbreviation of 附屬小學|附属小学 |
| 发小 | 髮小 | fàxiǎo | - (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with - a couple who grew up as childhood friends |
| 一小撮 | 一小撮 | yīxiǎocuō | - handful (of) |
| 假小子 | 假小子 | jiǎxiǎozi | - tomboy |
| 做小抄 | 做小抄 | zuòxiǎochāo | - to prepare a crib sheet - to crib - to cheat by copying |
| 半小时 | 半小時 | bànxiǎoshí | - half hour |
| 周小川 | 周小川 | ZhōuXiǎochuān | - Zhou Xiaochuan (1948-), PRC banker and politician, governor of People's Bank of China 中國人民銀行|中国人民银行[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Yin2 hang2] from 2002 |
| 四小龙 | 四小龍 | SìXiǎolóng | - Four Asian Tigers - East Asian Tigers - Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong) |
| 外小腿 | 外小腿 | wàixiǎotuǐ | - shin |
| 大小便 | 大小便 | dàxiǎobiàn | - using the toilet - urination and defecation |
| 大小姐 | 大小姐 | dàxiǎojie | - eldest daughter of an affluent family - (polite) your daughter - bossy or indulged young woman - Miss High and Mighty |
| 大小写 | 大小寫 | dàxiǎoxiě | - capitals and lower case letters |
| 小三度 | 小三度 | xiǎosāndù | - minor third (musical interval) |
| 小不点 | 小不點 | xiǎobudiǎn | - tiny - very small - tiny thing - small child - baby |
| 小丑鱼 | 小丑魚 | xiǎochǒuyú | - clownfish - anemonefish |
| 小九九 | 小九九 | xiǎojiǔjiǔ | - multiplication tables - (fig.) plan - scheme |
| 小人书 | 小人書 | xiǎorénshū | - children's picture story book - CL:本[ben3] |
| 小人物 | 小人物 | xiǎorénwù | - nonentity - a nobody |
| 小人精 | 小人精 | xiǎorénjīng | - exceptionally bright kid - child prodigy |
| 小仙鹟 | 小仙鶲 | xiǎoxiānwēng | - (Chinese bird species) small niltava (Niltava macgrigoriae) |
| 小企业 | 小企業 | xiǎoqǐyè | - small enterprise |
| 小伙儿 | 小伙兒 | xiǎohuǒr | - erhua variant of 小伙[xiao3 huo3] |
| 小伙子 | 小伙子 | xiǎohuǒzi | - young man - young guy - lad - youngster - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小便器 | 小便器 | xiǎobiànqì | - urinal |
| 小便斗 | 小便斗 | xiǎobiàndǒu | - urinal |
| 小儿科 | 小兒科 | xiǎoérkē | - pediatrics - pediatric (department) - sth of little importance - trifle - a child's play - (slang) childish - petty - stingy |
| 小儿经 | 小兒經 | Xiǎoérjīng | - Xiao'erjing, refers to the use of the Arabic alphabet to write Chinese |
| 小两口 | 小兩口 | xiǎoliǎngkǒu | - (coll.) young married couple |
| 小公主 | 小公主 | xiǎogōngzhǔ | - lit. little princess - fig. spoiled girl - female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4] |
| 小公共 | 小公共 | xiǎogōnggòng | - mini bus (used for public transportation) |
| 小册子 | 小冊子 | xiǎocèzi | - booklet - pamphlet - leaflet - information sheet - menu - CL:本[ben3] |
| 小刀会 | 小刀會 | Xiǎodāohuì | - Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855 |
| 小可爱 | 小可愛 | xiǎokěài | - cutie - sweetie - (Tw) camisole (women's garment) |
| 小吃店 | 小吃店 | xiǎochīdiàn | - snack bar - lunch room - CL:家[jia1] |
| 小同乡 | 小同鄉 | xiǎotóngxiāng | - person from the same county |
| 小商贩 | 小商販 | xiǎoshāngfàn | - small trader - peddler |
| 小嘴鸻 | 小嘴鴴 | xiǎozuǐhéng | - (Chinese bird species) Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) |
| 小型车 | 小型車 | xiǎoxíngchē | - compact car |
| 小寿星 | 小壽星 | xiǎoshòuxīng | - child whose birthday is being celebrated - birthday boy - birthday girl |
| 小夜曲 | 小夜曲 | xiǎoyèqǔ | - serenade |
| 小天鹅 | 小天鵝 | Xiǎotiāné | - Little Swan (PRC appliance brand) |
| 小天鹅 | 小天鵝 | xiǎotiāné | - (Chinese bird species) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) |
| 小太太 | 小太太 | xiǎotàitai | - concubine - mistress |
| 小妖精 | 小妖精 | xiǎoyāojīng | - goblin - hussy - floozy |
| 小妹妹 | 小妹妹 | xiǎomèimei | - little sister - little girl - (coll.) vagina |
| 小姨子 | 小姨子 | xiǎoyízi | - see 小姨[xiao3 yi2] |
| 小娃娃 | 小娃娃 | xiǎowáwa | - baby |
| 小孩儿 | 小孩兒 | xiǎoháir | - erhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2] |
| 小孩子 | 小孩子 | xiǎoháizi | - child |
| 小学生 | 小學生 | xiǎoxuéshēng | - primary school student - schoolchild - CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2] |
| 小家鼠 | 小家鼠 | xiǎojiāshǔ | - mouse |
| 小小说 | 小小說 | xiǎoxiǎoshuō | - flash fiction |
| 小屁孩 | 小屁孩 | xiǎopìhái | - wimpy kid - brat |
| 小岩洞 | 小岩洞 | xiǎoyándòng | - grotto |
| 小年人 | 小年人 | xiǎoniánrén | - younger old person - young retiree |
| 小店区 | 小店區 | Xiǎodiànqū | - Xiaodian district of Taiyuan city 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 shi4], Shanxi |
| 小广播 | 小廣播 | xiǎoguǎngbō | - grapevine - gossip - to spread rumors |
| 小弟弟 | 小弟弟 | xiǎodìdi | - little brother - little boy - (coll.) penis |
| 小心眼 | 小心眼 | xiǎoxīnyǎn | - narrow-minded - petty |
| 小意思 | 小意思 | xiǎoyìsi | - small token - mere trifle (used of one's gifts) |
| 小扁豆 | 小扁豆 | xiǎobiǎndòu | - lentil |
| 小抄儿 | 小抄兒 | xiǎochāor | - erhua variant of 小抄[xiao3 chao1] |
| 小拇指 | 小拇指 | xiǎomǔzhǐ | - little finger - pinkie |
| 小括号 | 小括號 | xiǎokuòhào | - brackets - parentheses ( ) |
| 小提琴 | 小提琴 | xiǎotíqín | - fiddle - violin |
| 小插曲 | 小插曲 | xiǎochāqǔ | - episode - brief interlude |
| 小摊儿 | 小攤兒 | xiǎotānr | - erhua variant of 小攤|小摊[xiao3 tan1] |
| 小数点 | 小數點 | xiǎoshùdiǎn | - decimal point |
| 小斑点 | 小斑點 | xiǎobāndiǎn | - speckle |
| 小日本 | 小日本 | xiǎoRìběn | - (derog.) Japanese person - Jap |
| 小昭寺 | 小昭寺 | Xiǎozhāosì | - Ramoche Temple, Lhasa |
| 小时候 | 小時候 | xiǎoshíhou | - in one's childhood |
| 小时工 | 小時工 | xiǎoshígōng | - hourly worker - hourly job |
| 小朋友 | 小朋友 | xiǎopéngyǒu | - child - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 小杓鹬 | 小杓鷸 | xiǎosháoyù | - (Chinese bird species) little curlew (Numenius minutus) |
| 小杜鹃 | 小杜鵑 | xiǎodùjuān | - (Chinese bird species) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) |
| 小标题 | 小標題 | xiǎobiāotí | - subheading |
| 小树林 | 小樹林 | xiǎoshùlín | - grove |
| 小段子 | 小段子 | xiǎoduànzi | - short paragraph - news article |
| 小毛虫 | 小毛蟲 | xiǎomáochóng | - slug |
| 小气候 | 小氣候 | xiǎoqìhòu | - microclimate - fig. local situation |
| 小气腔 | 小氣腔 | xiǎoqìqiāng | - small air cavity |
| 小气鬼 | 小氣鬼 | xiǎoqìguǐ | - miser - penny-pincher |
| 小汽车 | 小汽車 | xiǎoqìchē | - compact car |
| 小河区 | 小河區 | Xiǎohéqū | - Xiaohe district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市[Gui4 yang2 shi4], Guizhou |
| 小淘气 | 小淘氣 | xiǎotáoqì | - rascal |
| 小混混 | 小混混 | xiǎohùnhùn | - hooligan - rogue - a good-for-nothing |
| 小清新 | 小清新 | xiǎoqīngxīn | - hipster |
| 小港区 | 小港區 | Xiǎogǎngqū | - Xiaogang or Hsiaokang district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan |
| 小汤山 | 小湯山 | Xiǎotāngshān | - Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality |
| 小滨鹬 | 小濱鷸 | xiǎobīnyù | - (Chinese bird species) little stint (Calidris minuta) |
| 小瀑布 | 小瀑布 | xiǎopùbù | - cascade |
| 小熊座 | 小熊座 | Xiǎoxióngzuò | - Ursa Minor (constellation) |
| 小熊猫 | 小熊貓 | xiǎoxióngmāo | - lesser panda - red panda - firefox |
| 小燕尾 | 小燕尾 | xiǎoyànwěi | - (Chinese bird species) little forktail (Enicurus scouleri) |
| 小牛肉 | 小牛肉 | xiǎoniúròu | - veal |
| 小牝牛 | 小牝牛 | xiǎopìnniú | - heifer |
| 小犬座 | 小犬座 | Xiǎoquǎnzuò | - Canis Minor (constellation) |
| 小狮座 | 小獅座 | Xiǎoshīzuò | - Leo Minor (constellation) |
| 小玩意 | 小玩意 | xiǎowányì | - gadget - widget (small item of software) |
| 小田鸡 | 小田雞 | xiǎotiánjī | - (Chinese bird species) Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) |
| 小畑健 | 小畑健 | XiǎotiánJiàn | - OBATA Takeshi, manga artist, illustrator of cult series Death Note 死亡筆記|死亡笔记[si3 wang2 bi3 ji4] |
| 小白脸 | 小白臉 | xiǎobáiliǎn | - attractive young man (usually derog.) - pretty boy - gigolo |
| 小白菜 | 小白菜 | xiǎobáicài | - bok choy - Chinese cabbage - Brassica chinensis - CL:棵[ke1] |
| 小白鼠 | 小白鼠 | xiǎobáishǔ | - little white mouse (esp. laboratory animal) - fig. guinea pig, i.e. human participant in experiment |
| 小皇帝 | 小皇帝 | xiǎohuángdì | - lit. little emperor - fig. spoiled child - spoiled boy - pampered only child |
| 小盘尾 | 小盤尾 | xiǎopánwěi | - (Chinese bird species) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) |
| 小眼角 | 小眼角 | xiǎoyǎnjiǎo | - outer corner of the eye |
| 小碟子 | 小碟子 | xiǎodiézi | - saucer |
| 小祖宗 | 小祖宗 | xiǎozǔzōng | - brat - little devil |
| 小笔电 | 小筆電 | xiǎobǐdiàn | - mini laptop or notebook (computer) - netbook - CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4] |
| 小算盘 | 小算盤 | xiǎosuànpán | - lit. small abacus - fig. selfish calculations - bean-counting |
| 小节线 | 小節線 | xiǎojiéxiàn | - barline (music) |
| 小范围 | 小範圍 | xiǎofànwéi | - small-scale - local - to a limited extent |
| 小笼包 | 小籠包 | xiǎolóngbāo | - steamed dumpling |
| 小米椒 | 小米椒 | xiǎomǐjiāo | - same as 朝天椒[chao2 tian1 jiao1] |
| 小精灵 | 小精靈 | xiǎojīnglíng | - elf |
| 小红帽 | 小紅帽 | Xiǎohóngmào | - Little Red Riding Hood |
| 小红莓 | 小紅莓 | xiǎohóngméi | - cranberry |
| 小绒鸭 | 小絨鴨 | xiǎoróngyā | - (Chinese bird species) Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) |
| 小绿人 | 小綠人 | xiǎolǜrén | - little green men from Mars |
| 小羚羊 | 小羚羊 | xiǎolíngyáng | - gazelle |
| 小老婆 | 小老婆 | xiǎolǎopó | - concubine - junior wife - mistress |
| 小聪明 | 小聰明 | xiǎocōngming | - clever-clever - clever in trivial matters - sharp but petty-minded |
| 小舅子 | 小舅子 | xiǎojiùzi | - (coll.) wife's younger brother |
| 小茴香 | 小茴香 | xiǎohuíxiāng | - fennel - fennel seed |
| 小菜儿 | 小菜兒 | xiǎocàir | - erhua variant of 小菜[xiao3 cai4] |
| 小苇鳽 | 小葦鳽 | xiǎowěijiān | - (Chinese bird species) little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) |
| 小蝗莺 | 小蝗鶯 | xiǎohuángyīng | - (Chinese bird species) Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Locustella certhiola) |
| 小虾米 | 小蝦米 | xiǎoxiāmi | - shrimp - fig. small fry - minor player |
| 小行星 | 小行星 | xiǎoxíngxīng | - asteroid - minor planet |
| 小冲突 | 小衝突 | xiǎochōngtū | - skirmish - clash - dispute - brush |
| 小袋鼠 | 小袋鼠 | xiǎodàishǔ | - wallaby - pademelon |
| 小说家 | 小說家 | Xiǎoshuōjiā | - School of Minor-talks, one of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) |
| 小说家 | 小說家 | xiǎoshuōjiā | - novelist |
| 小豆蔻 | 小豆蔻 | xiǎodòukòu | - Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum) |
| 小货车 | 小貨車 | xiǎohuòchē | - pickup truck |
| 小卖部 | 小賣部 | xiǎomàibù | - kiosk - snack counter - retail department or section inside a larger business |
| 小赤壁 | 小赤壁 | Xiǎochìbì | - Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭[Bi4 tan2], Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan |
| 小轮车 | 小輪車 | xiǎolúnchē | - cycling BMX |
| 小辫儿 | 小辮兒 | xiǎobiànr | - erhua variant of 小辮|小辫[xiao3 bian4] |
| 小金库 | 小金庫 | xiǎojīnkù | - supplementary cash reserve - private fund - private hoard - slush fund |
| 小金县 | 小金縣 | Xiǎojīnxiàn | - Xiaojin county (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan |
| 小钢珠 | 小鋼珠 | xiǎogāngzhū | - pachinko |
| 小钢球 | 小鋼球 | xiǎogāngqiú | - iron pellet - shrapnel |
| 小铲子 | 小鏟子 | xiǎochǎnzi | - trowel |
| 小阿姨 | 小阿姨 | xiǎoāyí | - auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family |
| 小除夕 | 小除夕 | xiǎochúxī | - the day before New Year's Eve |
| 小雁塔 | 小雁塔 | Xiǎoyàntǎ | - Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an |
| 小集团 | 小集團 | xiǎojítuán | - faction - clique |
| 小鸡鸡 | 小雞雞 | xiǎojījī | - penis (child's word) |
| 小云雀 | 小雲雀 | xiǎoyúnquè | - (Chinese bird species) oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula) |
| 小灵通 | 小靈通 | xiǎolíngtōng | - mobile phone (with a local, 7-digit phone number) |
| 小青年 | 小青年 | xiǎoqīngnián | - young person - youngster |
| 小饭馆 | 小飯館 | xiǎofànguǎn | - tearoom - canteen - cafeteria |
| 小马座 | 小馬座 | Xiǎomǎzuò | - Equuleus (constellation) |
| 小脏鬼 | 小髒鬼 | xiǎozāngguǐ | - dirty little devil (affectionate, of child) |
| 小松糕 | 小鬆糕 | xiǎosōnggāo | - muffin |
| 小鸦鹃 | 小鴉鵑 | xiǎoyājuān | - (Chinese bird species) lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) |
| 小鹃鸠 | 小鵑鳩 | xiǎojuānjiū | - (Chinese bird species) little cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps) |
| 小鹰号 | 小鷹號 | XiǎoyīngHào | - Kitty Hawk (US aircraft carrier) |
| 小䴙䴘 | 小鷿鷈 | xiǎopìtī | - (Chinese bird species) little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) |
| 小面包 | 小麵包 | xiǎomiànbāo | - bread roll - bun |
| 小黄瓜 | 小黃瓜 | xiǎohuángguā | - gherkin |
| 小龙虾 | 小龍蝦 | xiǎolóngxiā | - crayfish - langoustine - chicken lobster |
| 心眼小 | 心眼小 | xīnyǎnxiǎo | - selfish (derog.) - inconsiderate - selfishly oversensitive |
| 敲小背 | 敲小背 | qiāoxiǎobèi | - to be masturbated by a prostitute |
| 数小时 | 數小時 | shùxiǎoshí | - several hours |
| 最小值 | 最小值 | zuìxiǎozhí | - least value - minimum |
| 最小化 | 最小化 | zuìxiǎohuà | - minimize (computing) |
| 李小龙 | 李小龍 | LǐXiǎolóng | - Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert |
| 核小体 | 核小體 | héxiǎotǐ | - nucleosome |
| 极细小 | 極細小 | jíxìxiǎo | - extremely small - infinitesimal |
| 毛小囊 | 毛小囊 | máoxiǎonáng | - follicle |
| 浮小麦 | 浮小麥 | fúxiǎomài | - unripe wheat grain (used in TCM) |
| 无穷小 | 無窮小 | wúqióngxiǎo | - infinitesimal (in calculus) - infinitely small |
| 无限小 | 無限小 | wúxiànxiǎo | - infinitesimal - infinitely small |
| 王小波 | 王小波 | WángXiǎobō | - Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist |
| 穿小鞋 | 穿小鞋 | chuānxiǎoxié | - lit. to make sb wear tight shoes (idiom) - to make life difficult for sb |
| 听小骨 | 聽小骨 | tīngxiǎogǔ | - ossicles (of the middle ear) - three ossicles, acting as levers to amplify sound, namely: stapes or stirrup bone 鐙骨|镫骨, incus or anvil bone 砧骨, malleus or hammer bone 錘骨|锤骨 |
| 肾小球 | 腎小球 | shènxiǎoqiú | - glomerulus (medicine) |
| 胆小鬼 | 膽小鬼 | dǎnxiǎoguǐ | - coward |
| 血小板 | 血小板 | xuèxiǎobǎn | - blood platelet |
| 解小手 | 解小手 | jiěxiǎoshǒu | - (coll.) to urinate |
| 赔小心 | 賠小心 | péixiǎoxīn | - to be conciliatory or apologetic - to tread warily in dealing with sb |
| 赤小豆 | 赤小豆 | chìxiǎodòu | - see 紅豆|红豆[hong2 dou4] |
| 起小兒 | 起小儿 | qǐxiǎor | - erhua variant of 起小[qi3 xiao3] |
| 郭小川 | 郭小川 | GuōXiǎochuān | - Guo Xiaochuan (1919-1976), PRC communist poet, hero in the war with Japan, died after long persecution during Cultural Revolution |
| 邓小平 | 鄧小平 | DèngXiǎopíng | - Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" |
| 丑小鸭 | 醜小鴨 | chǒuxiǎoyā | - ugly duckling - The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[An1 tu2 sheng1] |
| 野小茴 | 野小茴 | yěxiǎohuí | - dill seed |
| 金小蜂 | 金小蜂 | jīnxiǎofēng | - a parisitoid wasp (genus Nasonia) |
| 开小差 | 開小差 | kāixiǎochāi | - to be absent-minded - to desert - to abscond from the army - absent without leave (AWOL) |
| 开小会 | 開小會 | kāixiǎohuì | - to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture) |
| 开小灶 | 開小灶 | kāixiǎozào | - lit. to turn on a private oven - to get special attention |
| 非小说 | 非小說 | fēixiǎoshuō | - non-fiction |
| 发小儿 | 髮小兒 | fàxiǎor | - erhua variant of 髮小|发小[fa4 xiao3] |
| 一小部分 | 一小部分 | yīxiǎobùfèn | - a small part - a small section |
| 一小阵儿 | 一小陣兒 | yīxiǎozhènr | - very brief period of time |
| 三陪小姐 | 三陪小姐 | sānpéixiǎojie | - female escort - bar girl |
| 不拘小节 | 不拘小節 | bùjūxiǎojié | - to not bother about trifles (idiom) |
| 不无小补 | 不無小補 | bùwúxiǎobǔ | - not be without some advantage - be of some help |
| 中小企业 | 中小企業 | zhōngxiǎoqǐyè | - small and medium enterprise |
| 中篇小说 | 中篇小說 | zhōngpiānxiǎoshuō | - novella |
| 幺麽小丑 | 么麼小醜 | yāomóxiǎochǒu | - insignificant wretch |
| 事无大小 | 事無大小 | shìwúdàxiǎo | - see 事無巨細|事无巨细[shi4 wu2 ju4 xi4] |
| 人鱼小姐 | 人魚小姐 | rényúxiǎojie | - mermaid - the Little Mermaid |
| 以小挤大 | 以小擠大 | yǐxiǎojǐdà | - minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom) |
| 两小无猜 | 兩小無猜 | liǎngxiǎowúcāi | - innocent playmates |
| 初级小学 | 初級小學 | chūjíxiǎoxué | - lower elementary school - abbr. to 初小 |
| 势利小人 | 勢利小人 | shìlixiǎorén | - snob |
| 区区小事 | 區區小事 | qūqūxiǎoshì | - trivial matter - trifle |
| 升斗小民 | 升斗小民 | shēngdǒuxiǎomín | - poor people (idiom) - lit. people surviving on 升斗[sheng1 dou3], wretchedly poor ration - in grinding poverty |
| 古今小说 | 古今小說 | GǔjīnXiǎoshuō | - Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620 |
| 史传小说 | 史傳小說 | shǐzhuànxiǎoshuō | - historical novel |
| 嘎嘎小姐 | 嘎嘎小姐 | GāgāXiǎojie | - Lady Gaga (1986-), US pop singer |
| 因小失大 | 因小失大 | yīnxiǎoshīdà | - to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom) |
| 国民小学 | 國民小學 | guómínxiǎoxué | - elementary school (Taiwan) |
| 坐台小姐 | 坐台小姐 | zuòtáixiǎojiě | - bar girl - professional escort |
| 大同小异 | 大同小異 | dàtóngxiǎoyì | - virtually the same - differing only on small points |
| 大呼小叫 | 大呼小叫 | dàhūxiǎojiào | - to shout and quarrel - to make a big fuss |
| 大大小小 | 大大小小 | dàdàxiǎoxiǎo | - large and small - of all sizes |
| 大小三度 | 大小三度 | dàxiǎosāndù | - major and minor third (musical interval) |
| 大才小用 | 大才小用 | dàcáixiǎoyòng | - lit. making little use of great talent - to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut |
| 大材小用 | 大材小用 | dàcáixiǎoyòng | - using a talented person in an insignificant position - a sledgehammer to crack a nut |
| 大街小巷 | 大街小巷 | dàjiēxiǎoxiàng | - great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city |
| 大醇小疵 | 大醇小疵 | dàchúnxiǎocī | - great despite minor blemishes - a rough diamond |
| 大题小作 | 大題小作 | dàtíxiǎozuò | - to cut a long story short - a brief treatment of a complicated subject - fig. to treat an important question as a minor matter |
| 大惊小怪 | 大驚小怪 | dàjīngxiǎoguài | - much fuss about nothing |
| 奶油小生 | 奶油小生 | nǎiyóuxiǎoshēng | - handsome but effeminate man - pretty boy |
| 学分小时 | 學分小時 | xuéfēnxiǎoshí | - credit hour (in an academic credit system) - see also 學分制|学分制[xue2 fen1 zhi4] |
| 安培小时 | 安培小時 | ānpéixiǎoshí | - ampere-hour (Ah) |
| 小三和弦 | 小三和弦 | xiǎosānhéxián | - minor triad la-do-mi |
| 小事一桩 | 小事一樁 | xiǎoshìyīzhuāng | - trivial matter - a piece of cake |
| 小亚细亚 | 小亞細亞 | Xiǎoyàxìyà | - Asia minor - Anatolia |
| 小儿痲痹 | 小兒痲痺 | xiǎoérmábì | - variant of 小兒麻痺|小儿麻痹 - infantile paralysis - polio (poliomyelitis) |
| 小儿麻痹 | 小兒麻痺 | xiǎoérmábì | - polio (poliomyelitis) |
| 小两口儿 | 小兩口兒 | xiǎoliǎngkǒur | - erhua variant of 小兩口|小两口[xiao3 liang3 kou3] |
| 小嘴乌鸦 | 小嘴烏鴉 | xiǎozuǐwūyā | - (Chinese bird species) carrion crow (Corvus corone) |
| 小型企业 | 小型企業 | xiǎoxíngqǐyè | - small business |
| 小型巴士 | 小型巴士 | xiǎoxíngbāshì | - minibus - microbus |
| 小型柜橱 | 小型櫃櫥 | xiǎoxíngguìchú | - cabinet |
| 小型汽车 | 小型汽車 | xiǎoxíngqìchē | - compact car |
| 小型货车 | 小型貨車 | xiǎoxínghuòchē | - light van |
| 小太平鸟 | 小太平鳥 | xiǎotàipíngniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) Japanese waxwing (Bombycilla japonica) |
| 小媳妇儿 | 小媳婦兒 | xiǎoxífur | - young married woman - scapegoat - young girl engaged to sb by her parents (idiom) |
| 小孩堤防 | 小孩堤防 | XiǎoháiDífáng | - Kinderdrijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many tourists |
| 小家子气 | 小家子氣 | xiǎojiāziqì | - petty - small-minded |
| 小家碧玉 | 小家碧玉 | xiǎojiābìyù | - pretty daughter in a humble family |
| 小写字母 | 小寫字母 | xiǎoxiězìmǔ | - lowercase (letters) |
| 小山包包 | 小山包包 | xiǎoshānbāobao | - a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom) |
| 小巧玲珑 | 小巧玲瓏 | xiǎoqiǎolínglóng | - dainty and delicate - exquisite |
| 小康社会 | 小康社會 | xiǎokāngshèhuì | - society in which the material needs of most citizens are adequately met |
| 小心眼儿 | 小心眼兒 | xiǎoxīnyǎnr | - small-minded - petty - narrow-minded |
| 小心翼翼 | 小心翼翼 | xiǎoxīnyìyì | - cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully - prudent - gently and cautiously |
| 小心谨慎 | 小心謹慎 | xiǎoxīnjǐnshèn | - cautious and timid (idiom); prudent - careful |
| 小惩大诫 | 小懲大誡 | xiǎochéngdàjiè | - lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition |
| 小手小脚 | 小手小腳 | xiǎoshǒuxiǎojiǎo | - mean - stingy - to be lacking in boldness - timid |
| 小打小闹 | 小打小鬧 | xiǎodǎxiǎonào | - small-scale |
| 小提琴手 | 小提琴手 | xiǎotíqínshǒu | - violinist - fiddler |
| 小斑姬鹟 | 小斑姬鶲 | xiǎobānjīwēng | - (Chinese bird species) little pied flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni) |
| 小日本儿 | 小日本兒 | xiǎoRìběnr | - erhua variant of 小日本[xiao3 Ri4 ben3] |
| 小时候儿 | 小時候兒 | xiǎoshíhour | - erhua variant of 小時候|小时候[xiao3 shi2 hou5] |
| 小步舞曲 | 小步舞曲 | xiǎobùwǔqǔ | - minuet |
| 小渊惠三 | 小淵惠三 | XiǎoyuānHuìsān | - Obuchi Keizo (1937-2000), Japanese politician, prime minister 1998-2000 |
| 小熊维尼 | 小熊維尼 | XiǎoxióngWéiní | - Winnie-the-Pooh (bear character in children's stories by A. A. Milne adapted by Disney) |
| 小营盘镇 | 小營盤鎮 | Xiǎoyíngpánzhèn | - Xiaoyingpan township in Börtala Shehiri or Bole City 博樂市|博乐市, Xinjiang |
| 小白脸儿 | 小白臉兒 | xiǎobáiliǎnr | - erhua variant of 小白臉|小白脸[xiao3 bai2 lian3] |
| 小白额雁 | 小白額雁 | xiǎobáiéyàn | - (Chinese bird species) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) |
| 小笼汤包 | 小籠湯包 | xiǎolóngtāngbāo | - steamed soup dumpling |
| 小红萝卜 | 小紅蘿蔔 | xiǎohóngluóbo | - summer radish (the small red kind) |
| 小缸缸儿 | 小缸缸兒 | xiǎogānggangr | - small mug (baby language) |
| 小义大利 | 小義大利 | xiǎoyìdàlì | - Little Italy |
| 小肚鸡肠 | 小肚雞腸 | xiǎodùjīcháng | - lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded - petty |
| 小花远志 | 小花遠志 | xiǎohuāyuǎnzhì | - small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
| 小菜一碟 | 小菜一碟 | xiǎocàiyīdié | - a small appetizer - a piece of cake; very easy (idiom) |
| 小菜碟儿 | 小菜碟兒 | xiǎocàidiér | - erhua variant of 小菜一碟[xiao3 cai4 yi1 die2] |
| 小苏打粉 | 小蘇打粉 | xiǎosūdáfěn | - baking soda |
| 小行星带 | 小行星帶 | xiǎoxíngxīngdài | - asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter |
| 小里小气 | 小裡小氣 | xiǎolixiǎoqì | - stingy - petty |
| 小起重机 | 小起重機 | xiǎoqǐzhòngjī | - jack |
| 小军舰鸟 | 小軍艦鳥 | xiǎojūnjiànniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) great frigatebird (Fregata minor) |
| 小道新闻 | 小道新聞 | xiǎodàoxīnwén | - news from the grapevine |
| 小青脚鹬 | 小青腳鷸 | xiǎoqīngjiǎoyù | - (Chinese bird species) Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer) |
| 小题大作 | 小題大作 | xiǎotídàzuò | - variant of 小題大做|小题大做[xiao3 ti2 da4 zuo4] |
| 小题大做 | 小題大做 | xiǎotídàzuò | - to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) |
| 小额融资 | 小額融資 | xiǎoéróngzī | - microfinance |
| 小食中心 | 小食中心 | xiǎoshízhōngxīn | - Food court |
| 小鸟依人 | 小鳥依人 | xiǎoniǎoyīrén | - lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) - fig. cute and helpless-looking |
| 小鹿乱撞 | 小鹿亂撞 | xiǎolùluànzhuàng | - fig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions |
| 小麦胚芽 | 小麥胚芽 | xiǎomàipēiyá | - wheat germ |
| 小黄脚鹬 | 小黃腳鷸 | xiǎohuángjiǎoyù | - (Chinese bird species) lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) |
| 市井小民 | 市井小民 | shìjǐngxiǎomín | - ordinary people - the hoi polloi - commoner |
| 影射小说 | 影射小說 | yǐngshèxiǎoshuō | - roman à clef |
| 循环小数 | 循環小數 | xúnhuánxiǎoshù | - recurring decimal |
| 微型小说 | 微型小說 | wēixíngxiǎoshuō | - flash fiction |
| 打小报告 | 打小報告 | dǎxiǎobàogào | - tattletale - to rat on sb |
| 打小算盘 | 打小算盤 | dǎxiǎosuànpán | - lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly - concerned with petty interests - selfish and uncaring of the interests of others - bean counter |
| 援交小姐 | 援交小姐 | yuánjiāoxiǎojie | - girl who engages in enjo-kōsai - see also 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4] |
| 文件大小 | 文件大小 | wénjiàndàxiǎo | - file size |
| 文明小史 | 文明小史 | WénmíngXiǎoshǐ | - Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元[Li3 Bo2 yuan2] or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[Li3 Bao3 jia1] describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军[Ba1 guo2 Lian2 jun1] |
| 时大时小 | 時大時小 | shídàshíxiǎo | - sometimes big, sometimes small - varying |
| 最小二乘 | 最小二乘 | zuìxiǎoèrchéng | - least square (estimate) |
| 柴门小户 | 柴門小戶 | cháiménxiǎohù | - woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel - fig. my humble house |
| 核查小组 | 核查小組 | hécháxiǎozǔ | - inspection team |
| 武侠小说 | 武俠小說 | wǔxiáxiǎoshuō | - a martial arts (wuxia) novel |
| 没大没小 | 沒大沒小 | méidàméixiǎo | - impolite - cheeky - impudent |
| 无名小卒 | 無名小卒 | wúmíngxiǎozú | - lit. nameless soldier (idiom); an unknown - nonentity |
| 无大无小 | 無大無小 | wúdàwúxiǎo | - no matter how big or small - not distinguishing junior and senior |
| 无限小数 | 無限小數 | wúxiànxiǎoshù | - infinitesimal - infinite decimal expansion |
| 白腿小隼 | 白腿小隼 | báituǐxiǎosǔn | - (Chinese bird species) pied falconet (Microhierax melanoleucos) |
| 督察小组 | 督察小組 | dūcháxiǎozǔ | - supervisory group |
| 短小精悍 | 短小精悍 | duǎnxiǎojīnghàn | - small but robust (idiom); concise and forceful |
| 短篇小说 | 短篇小說 | duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō | - narrative - short story |
| 矮小精悍 | 矮小精悍 | ǎixiǎojīnghàn | - short but intrepid (idiom) |
| 研究小组 | 研究小組 | yánjiūxiǎozǔ | - research group |
| 神魔小说 | 神魔小說 | shénmóxiǎoshuō | - supernatural novel - novel of ghosts and goblins |
| 科幻小说 | 科幻小說 | kēhuànxiǎoshuō | - science fiction novel |
| 科研小组 | 科研小組 | kēyánxiǎozǔ | - a scientific research group |
| 空中小姐 | 空中小姐 | kōngzhōngxiǎojiě | - stewardess - air hostess |
| 章回小说 | 章回小說 | zhānghuíxiǎoshuō | - novel in chapters, main format for long novels from the Ming onwards, with each chapter headed by a summary couplet |
| 红腿小隼 | 紅腿小隼 | hóngtuǐxiǎosǔn | - (Chinese bird species) collared falconet (Microhierax caerulescens) |
| 丝丝小雨 | 絲絲小雨 | sīsīxiǎoyǔ | - fine drizzle |
| 缩小模型 | 縮小模型 | suōxiǎomóxíng | - miniature |
| 羊肠小径 | 羊腸小徑 | yángchángxiǎojìng | - winding road (twisting and turning like a sheep's intestine) |
| 羊肠小道 | 羊腸小道 | yángchángxiǎodào | - road as twisty as sheep's intestine (idiom); narrow and winding road - fig. complicated and tricky job |
| 美洲小鸵 | 美洲小鴕 | Měizhōuxiǎotuó | - Lesser Rhea - Darwin's Rhea - Rhea pennata |
| 美体小铺 | 美體小舖 | měitǐxiǎopù | - Body shop (UK cosmetics company) |
| 耍小聪明 | 耍小聰明 | shuǎxiǎocōngming | - to get smart - to resort to petty tricks |
| 胆小如鼠 | 膽小如鼠 | dǎnxiǎorúshǔ | - chicken-hearted (idiom) - gutless |
| 色情小说 | 色情小說 | sèqíngxiǎoshuō | - pornographic novel - dirty book |
| 芝麻小事 | 芝麻小事 | zhīmaxiǎoshì | - trivial matter - trifle |
| 虚构小说 | 虛構小說 | xūgòuxiǎoshuō | - fiction |
| 蜡笔小新 | 蠟筆小新 | LàbǐXiǎoxīn | - Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China |
| 言情小说 | 言情小說 | yánqíngxiǎoshuō | - romantic fiction |
| 谴责小说 | 譴責小說 | qiǎnzéxiǎoshuō | - novel of denunciation (according to Lu Xun's 鲁迅 classification) |
| 贪小失大 | 貪小失大 | tānxiǎoshīdà | - penny wise and pound foolish (idiom) |
| 通俗小说 | 通俗小說 | tōngsúxiǎoshuō | - popular fiction - light literature |
| 长篇小说 | 長篇小說 | chángpiānxiǎoshuō | - long novel |
| 陪唱小姐 | 陪唱小姐 | péichàngxiǎojie | - KTV hostess |
| 雕虫小技 | 雕蟲小技 | diāochóngxiǎojì | - insignificant talent - skill of no high order - minor accomplishment |
| 雷大雨小 | 雷大雨小 | léidàyǔxiǎo | - lit. much thunder but little rain; fig. a lot of talk but little action - his bark is worse than his bite |
| 非同小可 | 非同小可 | fēitóngxiǎokě | - extremely important - no small matter |
| 高级小学 | 高級小學 | gāojíxiǎoxué | - advanced class of primary school |
| 中小型企业 | 中小型企業 | zhōngxiǎoxíngqǐyè | - small or medium size enterprise (SME) |
| 区分大小写 | 區分大小寫 | qūfēndàxiǎoxiě | - case sensitive - distinguishing capitals from lower case letters |
| 小儿软骨病 | 小兒軟骨病 | xiǎoérruǎngǔbìng | - rickets (medicine) |
| 小儿麻痹症 | 小兒麻痺症 | xiǎoérmábìzhèng | - poliomyelitis - infantile paralysis |
| 小吞噬细胞 | 小吞噬細胞 | xiǎotūnshìxìbāo | - microphage (a type of white blood cell) |
| 小团体主义 | 小團體主義 | xiǎotuántǐzhǔyì | - cliquism - small-group mentality |
| 小型核武器 | 小型核武器 | xiǎoxínghéwǔqì | - mini-nuke |
| 小学而大遗 | 小學而大遺 | xiǎoxuéérdàyí | - to concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom) |
| 小巫见大巫 | 小巫見大巫 | xiǎowūjiàndàwū | - lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom) - fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison |
| 小斑啄木鸟 | 小斑啄木鳥 | xiǎobānzhuómùniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) |
| 小池百合子 | 小池百合子 | XiǎochíBǎihézi | - KOIKE Yuriko (1952-), Japanese LDP politician, minister of defense during 2008 |
| 小泉纯一郎 | 小泉純一郎 | XiǎoquánChúnyīláng | - KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō (1942-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006 |
| 小灰山椒鸟 | 小灰山椒鳥 | xiǎohuīshānjiāoniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) Swinhoe's minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis) |
| 小白腰雨燕 | 小白腰雨燕 | xiǎobáiyāoyǔyàn | - (Chinese bird species) house swift (Apus nipalensis) |
| 小百科全书 | 小百科全書 | xiǎobǎikēquánshū | - micropedia |
| 小组委员会 | 小組委員會 | xiǎozǔwěiyuánhuì | - subcommittee |
| 小资产阶级 | 小資產階級 | xiǎozīchǎnjiējí | - petty bourgeois |
| 小野不由美 | 小野不由美 | XiǎoyěBùyóuměi | - Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist |
| 小灵通机站 | 小靈通機站 | xiǎolíngtōngjīzhàn | - cell phone base or repeater station (telecommunications) |
| 小鳞胸鹪鹛 | 小鱗胸鷦鶥 | xiǎolínxiōngjiāoméi | - (Chinese bird species) pygmy wren-babbler (Pnoepyga pusilla) |
| 小凤头燕鸥 | 小鳳頭燕鷗 | xiǎofèngtóuyànōu | - (Chinese bird species) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) |
| 小黑领噪鹛 | 小黑領噪鶥 | xiǎohēilǐngzàoméi | - (Chinese bird species) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) |
| 微小病毒科 | 微小病毒科 | wēixiǎobìngdúkē | - Picornaviridae (virus family including many human pathogens) - small RNA virus |
| 新疆小盘鸡 | 新疆小盤雞 | Xīnjiāngxiǎopánjī | - Xinjiang small-plate chicken (typical dish from North-West China) |
| 普氏小羚羊 | 普氏小羚羊 | Pǔshìxiǎolíngyáng | - Przevalski's gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) of Central Asia |
| 最小公倍数 | 最小公倍數 | zuìxiǎogōngbèishù | - least common multiple |
| 最小公分母 | 最小公分母 | zuìxiǎogōngfēnmǔ | - lowest common denominator |
| 极短篇小说 | 極短篇小說 | jíduǎnpiānxiǎoshuō | - flash fiction |
| 横斑腹小鸮 | 橫斑腹小鴞 | héngbānfùxiǎoxiāo | - (Chinese bird species) spotted owlet (Athene brama) |
| 樱桃小番茄 | 櫻桃小番茄 | yīngtáoxiǎofānqié | - see 聖女果|圣女果[sheng4 nu:3 guo3] |
| 澳洲小鹦鹉 | 澳洲小鸚鵡 | Àozhōuxiǎoyīngwǔ | - lorikeet |
| 珍珠小番茄 | 珍珠小番茄 | zhēnzhūxiǎofānqié | - see 聖女果|圣女果[sheng4 nu:3 guo3] |
| 纵纹腹小鸮 | 縱紋腹小鴞 | zòngwénfùxiǎoxiāo | - (Chinese bird species) little owl (Athene noctua) |
| 蓝色小精灵 | 藍色小精靈 | Lánsèxiǎojīnglíng | - the Smurfs - Smurf |
| 邓小平理论 | 鄧小平理論 | DèngXiǎopíngLǐlùn | - Deng Xiaoping Theory - Dengism - the foundation of PRC economic development after the cultural revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese communist party control |
| 齐B小短裙 | 齊B小短裙 | qíBxiǎoduǎnqún | - (slang) micro-miniskirt |
| 上有老下有小 | 上有老下有小 | shàngyǒulǎoxiàyǒuxiǎo | - lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom) - fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children - sandwich generation |
| 不区分大小写 | 不區分大小寫 | bùqūfēndàxiǎoxiě | - case insensitive - not distinguishing capitals from lower case letters |
| 世界小姐选美 | 世界小姐選美 | ShìjièXiǎojieXuǎnměi | - Miss World Beauty Pageant |
| 中国小说史略 | 中國小說史略 | ZhōngguóXiǎoshuōShǐlüè | - Concise History of the Chinese Novel by Lu Xun 鲁迅 |
| 八小时工作制 | 八小時工作制 | bāxiǎoshígōngzuòzhì | - eight-hour working day |
| 公园小径效应 | 公園小徑效應 | gōngyuánxiǎojìngxiàoyìng | - garden path effect |
| 小儿麻痹病毒 | 小兒麻痺病毒 | xiǎoérmábìbìngdú | - poliovirus |
| 小星头啄木鸟 | 小星頭啄木鳥 | xiǎoxīngtóuzhuómùniǎo | - (Chinese bird species) Japanese pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki) |
| 斯佩耳特小麦 | 斯佩耳特小麥 | sīpèiěrtèxiǎomài | - spelt (Triticum spelta) (loanword) |
| 科技惊悚小说 | 科技驚悚小說 | kējìjīngsǒngxiǎoshuō | - techno-thriller novel - science fiction thriller |
| 君子不计小人过 | 君子不計小人過 | jūnzǐbùjìxiǎorénguò | - see 大人不記小人過|大人不记小人过[da4 ren2 bu4 ji4 xiao3 ren2 guo4] |
| 大人不记小人过 | 大人不記小人過 | dàrénbùjìxiǎorénguò | - a person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature |
| 小洞不堵沉大船 | 小洞不堵沉大船 | xiǎodòngbùdǔchéndàchuán | - A small hole not plugged will sink a great ship. |
| 小葵花凤头鹦鹉 | 小葵花鳳頭鸚鵡 | xiǎokuíhuāfèngtóuyīngwǔ | - (Chinese bird species) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) |
| 治大国若烹小鲜 | 治大國若烹小鮮 | zhìdàguóruòpēngxiǎoxiān | - ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom) - effective government requires minimal intervention |
| 秤砣虽小压千斤 | 秤砣雖小壓千斤 | chèngtuósuīxiǎoyāqiānjīn | - although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) - apparently insignificant details can have a large impact - for want of a nail the battle was lost |
| 雷声大，雨点小 | 雷聲大，雨點小 | léishēngdà,yǔdiǎnxiǎo | - loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain (idiom); a lot of talk, but no action - action speaks louder than words - his bite is worse than his bark |
| 小洞不补大洞吃苦 | 小洞不補大洞吃苦 | xiǎodòngbùbǔdàdòngchīkǔ | - A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine |
| 大事化小，小事化了 | 大事化小，小事化了 | dàshìhuàxiǎo,xiǎoshìhuàle | - to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all |
| 大处着眼，小处着手 | 大處著眼，小處著手 | dàchùzhuóyǎn,xiǎochùzhuóshǒu | - View the big picture while handling the details (idiom). |
| 小时了了，大未必佳 | 小時了了，大未必佳 | xiǎoshíliǎoliǎo,dàwèibìjiā | - being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb) |
| 小洞不堵，大洞受苦 | 小洞不堵，大洞受苦 | xiǎodòngbùdǔ,dàdòngshòukǔ | - A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine. |
| 小洞不堵，大洞吃苦 | 小洞不堵，大洞吃苦 | xiǎodòngbùdǔ,dàdòngchīkǔ | - A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine. |
| 小洞不堵，大洞难补 | 小洞不堵，大洞難補 | xiǎodòngbùdǔ,dàdòngnánbǔ | - If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine. |
| 阎王好见，小鬼难当 | 閻王好見，小鬼難當 | Yánwánghǎojiàn,xiǎoguǐnándāng | - lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom) |
| 麻雀虽小，五脏俱全 | 麻雀雖小，五臟俱全 | máquèsuīxiǎo,wǔzàngjùquán | - The sparrow may be small but all its vital organs are there (idiom). - small but complete in every detail |
| 以小人之心，度君子之腹 | 以小人之心，度君子之腹 | yǐxiǎorénzhīxīn,duójūnzǐzhīfù | - to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom) |
| 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚 | 君子坦蕩蕩，小人長戚戚 | jūnzitǎndàngdàng,xiǎorénchángqīqī | - good people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked |
| 撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的 | 撐死膽大的，餓死膽小的 | chēngsǐdǎndàde,èsǐdǎnxiǎode | - fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom) |
| 发热伴血小板减少综合征 | 發熱伴血小板減少綜合徵 | fārèbànxuèxiǎobǎnjiǎnshǎozōnghézhēng | - severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) |
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