至少

Character by character

• 至zhì6 strokesHSK 3reach, arrive; extremely, very; Kangxi radical 133
• 少shǎo4 strokesHSK 1few, less, inadequate

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Example sentences

• 我至少有十本书。

  Wǒ zhì shǎo yǒu shí běn shū

  I have at least ten books.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 至少. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 甚至shèn zhìHSK 4

  even; so much so that

• 多少duō shǎoHSK 1

  number; amount; somewhat

• 少shǎoHSK 1

  few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom

• 至zhìHSK 5

  to arrive; most; to; until

• 不少bù shǎoHSK 2

  many; a lot; not few

• 减少jiǎn shǎoHSK 4

  to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

• 至于zhì yúHSK 6

  as for; as to; to go so far as to

• 至今zhì jīnHSK 3

  so far; to this day; until now

• 少年shào niánHSK 2

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

• 少女shào nǚHSK 7

  girl; young lady

• 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2

  adolescent; youth; teenager

• 缺少quē shǎoHSK 3

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

• 少数shǎo shùHSK 2

  small number; few; minority

• 直至zhí zhìHSK 7

  lasting until; up till (the present)

• 至关重要zhì guān zhòng yàoHSK 7

  extremely important; vital; crucial; essential

• 不至于bù zhì yúHSK 6

  unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as

• 以至于yǐ zhì yúHSK 7

  down to; up to; to the extent that...

• 少见shǎo jiànHSK 7

  rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you

• 少量shǎo liàngHSK 7

  a smidgen; a little bit; a few

• 至此zhì cǐHSK 7

  up until now; so far

• 截至jié zhìHSK 6

  up to (a time); by (a time)

• 少有shǎo yǒuHSK 7

  rare; infrequent

• 乃至nǎi zhìHSK 7

  and even; to go so far as to

• 必不可少bì bù kě shǎoHSK 7

  absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential