从小
cóng xiǎo 2–3
from childhood; from a young age
- Characters
- 2
- 从 · 小
- Syllables
- 2
- cóng xiǎo
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 4,653
Part of speech: d
Character by character
- 从cóng4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 從from, by, since, whence, through
- 小xiǎo3 strokesHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
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Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 从小. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 从cóngHSK 1
from; through; via; to follow; to obey; to engage in (an activity); never (in negative sentence); (Taiwan pr. [zòng]) retainer; assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
- 小xiǎoHSK 1
small; tiny; few; young
- 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1
hour
- 从来cóng láiHSK 3
always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
- 小心xiǎo xīnHSK 2
to be careful; to take care
- 小姐xiǎo jieHSK 1
young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute
- 小组xiǎo zǔHSK 2
group
- 自从zì cóngHSK 3
since (a time); ever since
- 小说xiǎo shuōHSK 2
novel; fiction
- 从未cóng wèiHSK 7
never
- 小时候xiǎo shí houHSK 2
in one's childhood
- 从事cóng shìHSK 3
to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 大小dà xiǎoHSK 2
dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority
- 小学xiǎo xuéHSK 1
elementary school; primary school
- 从此cóng cǐHSK 4
from now on; since then; henceforth
- 从没cóng méiHSK 6
never (in the past); never did
- 从而cóng érHSK 5
thus; thereby
- 小伙子xiǎo huǒ ziHSK 4
young man; young guy; lad; youngster
- 从不cóng bùHSK 6
never
- 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuHSK 1
child
- 小型xiǎo xíngHSK 4
small scale; small size
- 小偷xiǎo tōu
thief
- 从前cóng qiánHSK 3
previously; formerly; once upon a time
- 缩小suō xiǎoHSK 4
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink