"少" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 少 |  shǎo | few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少 | shào | young | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 少女 | shào nu:3 | girl / young lady | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少年 | shào nián | early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少数 | shǎo shù | small number / few / minority | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少量 | shǎo liàng | a smidgen / a little bit / a few | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少妇 | shào fù | young married woman | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少爷 | shào ye | son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少儿 | shào ér | child | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少林 | Shào lín | the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少许 | shǎo xǔ | a little / a few | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少见 | shǎo jiàn | rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少有 | shǎo yǒu | rare / infrequent | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少将 | shào jiàng | major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少校 | shào xiào | junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少尉 | shào wèi | second lieutenant (army rank) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少来 | shǎo lái | refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it! | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少东 | shào dōng | boss's son / young master / young boss | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少顷 | shǎo qǐng | in a short while / presently | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少艾 | shào ài | young and pretty / pretty girl | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少报 | shǎo bào | underreporting | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少放 | shǎo fàng | to add less (of a spice etc) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少府 | shǎo fǔ | Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少府 | shào fǔ | Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少间 | shǎo jiàn | soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少刻 | shǎo kè | a short while / soon | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少男 | shào nán | young, unmarried male / young guy | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 少选 | shǎo xuǎn | (literary) a little while | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 少不了 | shǎo bu liǎo | cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many | |
| 少先队 | Shào Xiān duì | Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队[Shao4 nian2 Xian1 feng1 dui4] | |
| 少年宫 | Shào nián Gōng | Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities | |
| 少奶奶 | shào nǎi nai | young lady of the house / wife of the young master | |
| 少不得 | shǎo bu dé | cannot be avoided / cannot do without | |
| 少年犯 | shào nián fàn | young criminal / juvenile delinquent | |
| 少壮派 | shào zhuàng pài | young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave | |
| 少遗憾 | shǎo yí hàn | low regrets | |
| 少耕法 | reduced tillage | | |
| 少年营 | youth camp | | |
| 少部分 | shǎo bù fen | a small proportion of / Taiwan pr. [shao3bu4fen4] | |
| 少成多 | shǎo chéng duō | Many little things add up to sth great (idiom) / many a mickle makes a muckle | |
| 少东家 | shào dōng jiā | boss's son | |
| 少根筋 | shǎo gēn jīn | (coll.) dim-witted / foolish / absent-minded | |
| 少块肉 | shǎo kuài ròu | (coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth) / (won't) hurt (to do sth) | |
| 少林寺 | Shào lín Sì | Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks | |
| 少啰唆 | shǎo luō suō | Shut up! / Stop grumbling! / Give me a break! | |
| 少年人 | shào nián rén | (Tw) young people / youngster | |
| 少女峰 | shào nu:3 fēng | Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland | |
| 少阳病 | shǎo yáng bìng | name of disease in TCM | |
| 少阳病 | shào yáng bìng | name of disease in TCM | |
| 少阳经 | shǎo yáng jīng | one of the channels of TCM | |
| 少阳经 | shào yáng jīng | lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM) | |
| 少子化 | shǎo zǐ huà | declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 / "shoushika") | |
| 少数民族 | shǎo shù mín zú | national minority / ethnic group | |
| 少儿不宜 | shào ér bù yí | not suitable for children | |
| 少男少女 | shào nán shào nu:3 | boys and girls / teenagers | |
| 少先队员 | shào xiān duì yuán | member of the Young Pioneers | |
| 少不更事 | shào bù gēng shì | (idiom) young and inexperienced / wet behind the ears | |
| 少年老成 | shào nián lǎo chéng | accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor | |
| 少安毋躁 | shǎo ān wú zào | keep calm, don't get excited / don't be impatient | |
| 少安无躁 | shǎo ān wú zào | variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4] | |
| 少见多怪 | shǎo jiàn duō guài | lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication / naive / unworldy | |
| 少女怀孕 | teenage pregnancy | | |
| 少年犯罪 | juvenile delinquency | | |
| 少年违法 | juvenile delinquency | | |
| 少年司法 | juvenile justice | | |
| 少不经事 | shào bù jīng shì | see 少不更事[shao4bu4geng1shi4] | |
| 少管闲事 | shǎo guǎn xián shì | Mind your own business! / Don't interfere! | |
| 少林武功 | Shǎo lín wǔ gōng | Shaolin martial arts | |
| 少年之家 | shào nián zhī jiā | children's center / children's club | |
| 少说为佳 | shǎo shuō wéi jiā | Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit. | |
| 少数族裔 | shǎo shù zú yì | ethnic minority | |
| 少突胶质 | shǎo tū jiāo zhì | oligodendrocytes (Greek: cells with few branches), a type of cell in central nervous system / oligodendroglia | |
| 少之又少 | shǎo zhī yòu shǎo | very few / very little | |
| 少年先锋队 | Shào nián Xiān fēng duì | Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League) / abbr. to 少先隊|少先队 | |
| 少年俱乐部 | youth club | | |
| 少年管教所 | shào nián guǎn jiào suǒ | reformatory | |
| 少数民族乡 | shǎo shù mín zú xiāng | ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county) | |
| 少女交流倡议 | Adolescent Girl Communication Initiative | | |
| 少年司法干预 | juvenile justice intervention | | |
| 少女教育方桉 | Girls' Education Programme | | |
| 少数人权利团体 | Minority Rights Group | | |
| 少女咨询委员会 | Girls Advisory Committee | | |
| 少年夫妻老来伴 | shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bàn | husband and wife in youth, companions in old age | |
| 少数族裔媒体基金 | Minority Media Fund | | |
| 少数群体问题论坛 | Forum on Minority Issues | | |
| 少数民族代表大会 | Congress of National Minorities | | |
| 少数民族问题顾问 | Advisors on Minorities | | |
| 少数群体研究金方桉 | Minorities Fellowship Programme | | |
| 少年儿童权利理事会 | Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents | | |
| 少数民族旗帜使用法 | Law on the Use of Flags of the National Minorities | | |
| 少数群体问题工作组 | Working Group on Minorities | | |
| 少数群体问题独立专家 | Independent Expert on minority issues | | |
| 少数民族问题专家会议 | Meeting of Experts on National Minorities | | |
| 少年司法指标衡量手册 | Manual for the Measurement of Juvenile Justice Indicators | | |
| 少数民族事务高级专员 | High Commissioner on National Minorities | | |
| 少女及其权利专家组会议 | Expert Group Meeting on Adolescent Girls and Their Rights | | |
| 少女露笑脸，婚事半成全 | shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán | When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom) | |
| 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 | shào zhuàng bù nǔ lì , lǎo dà tú shāng bēi | if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age | |
| 少数民族与人类和社会发展 | Ethnic Minorities and Human and Social Development | | |
| 少年犯罪的预防和处理讨论会 | Seminar on the Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency | | |
| 少年司法训练和战略发展讨论会 | Training and Strategy Development Seminar on the Administration of Juvenile Justice | |
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| 不少 | bù shǎo | many / a lot / not few | | |
| 多少 | duō shao | how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? | | |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number / amount / somewhat | | |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower | | |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least / (to say the) least | | |
| 很少 | hěn shǎo | seldom | | |
| 缺少 | quē shǎo | lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack | | |
| 最少 | zuì shǎo | at least / minimum / lowest (amount) / minimal | | |
| 较少 | jiào shǎo | less | | |
| 极少 | jí shǎo | very little / very few | | |
| 年少 | nián shào | young / junior | | |
| 稀少 | xī shǎo | sparse / rare | | |
| 老少 | lǎo shào | the old and the young | | |
| 过少 | guò shǎo | too few / insufficient | | |
| 恶少 | è shào | young thug / malicious young ruffian | | |
| 短少 | duǎn shǎo | to be short of the full amount | | |
| 空少 | kōng shào | airline steward (abbr. for 空中少爺|空中少爷[kong1 zhong1 shao4 ye5]) | | |
| 鲜少 | xiǎn shǎo | very few / rarely | | |
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| 青少年 | qīng shào nián | adolescent / youth / teenager | |
| 多少钱 | duō shao qián | how much money / how much? | |
| 比较少 | bǐ jiǎo shǎo | lesser | |
| 极少数 | jí shǎo shù | extremely few / a small minority | |
| 刘少奇 | Liú Shào qí | Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution | |
| 不可少 | bù kě shǎo | indispensable / essential | |
| 蔡少芬 | cài shǎo fēn | Ada | |
| 老来少 | lǎo lái shào | old but young at heart | |
| 诺克少 | Nuò kè shǎo | Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania (Tw) | |
| 必不可少 | bì bù kě shǎo | absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential | |
| 或多或少 | huò duō huò shǎo | more or less | |
| 僧多粥少 | sēng duō zhōu shǎo | lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply | |
| 凶多吉少 | xiōng duō jí shǎo | lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster | |
| 老少皆宜 | lǎo shào jiē yí | suitable for both the young and the old | |
| 多退少补 | duō tuì shǎo bǔ | (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment) | |
| 以少胜多 | yǐ shǎo shèng duō | using the few to defeat the many (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness | |
| 积少成多 | jī shǎo chéng duō | (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean | |
| 寡二少双 | guǎ èr shǎo shuāng | peerless / second to none (idiom) | |
| 减少废物 | waste reduction | | |
| 臭氧减少 | ozone decrease | | |
| 减少毒害 | harm reduction | | |
| 费用减少 | cost decrease | | |
| 减少系数 | instantaneous rate of mortality / coefficient of decrease | | |
| 数量减少 | volume decrease | | |
| 逐步减少 | phase-out | | |
| 减少需求 | demand reduction | | |
| 青少年犯 | young adult offender | | |
| 傲慢少礼 | ào màn - shǎo lǐ | see 傲慢無禮|傲慢无礼[ao4man4-wu2li3] | |
| 不可缺少 | bù kě quē shǎo | indispensable | |
| 多多少少 | duō duō shǎo shǎo | to some extent / more or less | |
| 多少有些 | duō shǎo yǒu xiē | somewhat / more or less | |
| 海军少校 | hǎi jūn shǎo xiào | lieutenant commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent) | |
| 海军少校 | hǎi jūn shào xiào | lieutenant commander | |
| 积少成多 | jī shǎo - chéng duō | (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean | |
| 聚少离多 | jù shǎo - lí duō | (idiom) (of a husband and wife etc) to spend more time apart than together / to see each other very little | |
| 聚少离多 | jù shǎo lí duō | (idiom) (of a husband and wife, etc) to spend more time apart than together / to see each other very little | |
| 空中少爷 | kōng zhōng shào ye | airline steward | |
| 狼多肉少 | láng duō ròu shǎo | many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around | |
| 老少无欺 | lǎo shào wú qī | cheating neither old nor young / treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. | |
| 老少咸宜 | lǎo shào xián yí | suitable for young and old | |
| 男女老少 | nán nu:3 lǎo shào | men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages | |
| 年少无知 | nián shào - wú zhī | (idiom) young and inexperienced / unsophisticated | |
| 年少无知 | nián shào wú zhī | young and inexperienced / unsophisticated | |
| 缺斤少两 | quē jīn shǎo liǎng | to give short weight | |
| 缺心少肺 | quē xīn shǎo fèi | brainless / stupid | |
| 缺衣少食 | quē yī shǎo shí | short of food and clothing / destitute | |
| 人口减少 | rén kǒu jiǎn shǎo | population decline | |
| 人烟稀少 | rén yān xī shǎo | no sign of human habitation (idiom) / desolate | |
| 疏谋少略 | shū móu shǎo lu:è | (idiom) unable to plan / inept at strategy | |
| 洋场恶少 | yáng chǎng è shào | a rich young bully of old Shanghai | |
| 粥少僧多 | zhōu shǎo sēng duō | see 僧多粥少[seng1 duo1 zhou1 shao3] | |
| 青少年犯罪 | qīng shào nián fàn zuì | youthful crime | |
| 青少年峰会 | Junior 8 Summit / Junior 8 | | |
| 减少需求科 | Demand Reduction Section | | |
| 照管少年犯 | care of juveniles | | |
| 违法青少年 | adolescents in conflict with the law | | |
| 缺少蛋白质 | protein shortage / protein shortfall | | |
| 性少数群体 | sexual minority | | |
| 减少供应科 | Supply Reduction Section | | |
| 有不少名堂 | yǒu bù shǎo míng tang | there is a lot to it / not a straightforward matter | |
| 减少自然灾害 | natural disaster reduction | | |
| 减少灾害风险 | disaster risk reduction | | |
| 减少气候变化 | mitigation of climate change | | |
| 减少毒品需求 | drug demand reduction | | |
| 非结构性减少 | non-structural mitigation | | |
| 减少武装暴力 | armed violence reduction | | |
| 强制减少人口 | forced depopulation | | |
| 血小板减少症 | thrombopenia / thrombocytopenia | | |
| 必不可少组成 | bì bù kě shǎo zǔ chéng | absolute necessity / sine qua non | |
| 地球防卫少年 | dì qiú fáng wèi shào nián | Bokurano | |
| 多栽花少栽刺 | duō zāi huā shǎo zāi cì | talk nicely and avoid disputes / give compliments and not remarks | |
| 也好不了多少 | yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo | hardly any better / just as bad | |
| 中国少年先锋队 | Zhōng guó Shǎo nián Xiān fēng duì | Young Pioneers of China | |
| 减少社区暴力科 | Community Violence Reduction Section | | |
| 一个儿童不能少 | Leave No Child Out | | |
| 减少冲突与发展 | conflict mitigation and development | | |
| 减少影响的采伐 | reduced impact logging | | |
| 青少年同伴咨询 | Peer Approach to Counselling to Teens | | |
| 减少核危险中心 | nuclear risk reduction centre | | |
| 较少利用的树种 | lesser-used species | | |
| 回归民族少数区 | return of refugees to a minority area / minority return | | |
| 犯罪前少年司法 | pre-delinquency juvenile justice | | |
| 犯罪后少年司法 | post-delinquency juvenile justice | | |
| 酒逢知己千杯少 | jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo | a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom) / when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down | |
| 冒险少女娜汀亚 | mào xiǎn shào nu:3 nuó tīng yà | Nadia: | |
| 钱多事少离家近 | qián duō shì shǎo lí jiā jìn | lots of money, less work, and close to home / ideal job | |
| 多一事不如少一事 | duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì | it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better | |
| 减少水灾国际会议 | International Conference on Water-Related Disaster Reduction | | |
| 世界少数民族指南 | World Guide to Ethnic Minorities | | |
| 国际减少灾害战略 | International Strategy for Disaster Reduction | | |
| 合作减少威胁方桉 | Cooperative Threat Reduction programme | | |
| 减少供应和需求科 | Supply and Demand Reduction Section | | |
| 中性粒细胞减少症 | neutropenia / neutrophilic leukopenia / neutrophilopenia | | |
| 土着少年儿童会议 | Meeting of Indigenous Children and Adolescents | | |
| 穆斯林少数民族部 | Department for Muslim Minorities | | |
| 减少贫穷知识网络 | Knowledge Network for Poverty Reduction | | |
| 减少空间碎片准则 | Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines | | |
| 减少债额和偿债额 | debt and debt-service reduction | | |
| 减少安全风险措施 | security mitigation measure | | |
| 全球减少威胁倡议 | Global Threat Reduction Initiative | | |
| 减少犯罪和分析处 | Crime Reduction and Analysis Branch | | |
| 减少冲突与发展科 | Conflict Mitigation and Development Section | | |
| 减少威胁扩展倡议 | Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative | | |
| 非洲减少疟疾十年 | Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Africa | | |
| 减少灾害风险图书馆 | Library on Disaster Risk Reduction | | |
| 机构间少年司法小组 | Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice | | |
| 减少无国籍状态公约 | Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness | | |
| 减少污染技术工作组 | Working Group on Abatement Techniques | | |
| 减少自然灾害国际日 | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | | |
| 声援无自由少年协会 | Association for Solidarity with Freedom-deprived Juveniles | | |
| 减少污染战略工作组 | Working Group on Abatement Strategies | | |
| 减少常规军备威胁处 | Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction | | |
| 阿尔巴尼亚少数民族 | Albanian national minority | | |
| 青少年社区志愿服务 | Youth Voluntary Service to the Community | | |
| 国际少数权利座谈会 | International Colloquium on the Rights of Minorities | | |
| 单独的少年司法制度 | separate juvenile justice system | | |
| 减少森林砍伐和退化 | reducing deforestation and forest degradation | | |
| 全球减少灾害风险平台 | Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction | | |
| 美洲减少自然灾害会议 | Inter-American Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction | | |
| 沿海低地减少自然灾害 | Natural Disaster Reduction in Coastal Lowlands | | |
| 保护少数民族框架公约 | Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities | | |
| 地中海减少地震危险网 | Mediterranean Seismic Risk Reduction Network | | |
| 联合国少年司法信息网 | United Nations Juvenile Justice Information Network | | |
| 非洲减少疟疾首脑会议 | African Summit to Roll Back Malaria | | |
| 何塞·马蒂少先队组织 | José Martí Pioneer Organization | | |
| 国际减少自然灾害十年 | International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction | | |
| 减少自然灾害世界会议 | World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction - A Safer World for the 21st Century / World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction | | |
| 减少自然灾害全球方桉 | global programme for natural disaster reduction | | |
| 巴尔干减少地震危险网 | Balkan Earthquake Risk Reduction Network | | |
| 残疾青少年的特殊教育 | Special Education for Handicapped Children and Young People | | |
| 1992年关于少数民族的宣言 | Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities / 1992 Declaration on Minorities | | |
| 青少年文化娱乐技术协会 | Association jeunesse culture loisirs technique | |
