少
shǎo
few, less, inadequate
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 小
- HSK
- 1
- Tone
- 3
Other readings: shào
Stroke order
Example sentences
多少人?
Duō shao rén
How many people?
Shadow多少个了?
Duō shao gè le
This is how many?
Shadow这个多少?
Zhè ge duō shao
How much is it?
Shadow少了什么?
Shǎo le shén me
What is missing?
Shadow
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.
Words containing 少
- 多少duō shǎo 1–3 number; amount; somewhat
- 少shǎo 3few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 不少bù shǎo 4–3 many; a lot; not few
- 少年shào nián 4–2 early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man
- 青少年qīng shào nián 1–4–2adolescent; youth; teenager
- 少数shǎo shù 3–4 small number; few; minority
- 至少zhì shǎo 4–3 at least; (to say the) least
- 缺少quē shǎo 1–3 lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- 减少jiǎn shǎo 3–3 → 2–3to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- 少儿shào ér 4–2 child
- 少女shào nǚ 4–3 girl; young lady
- 少见shǎo jiàn 3–4 rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you