"少" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Radical
Radical
(Bushou)
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 4
Structure
Decomp. 小丿癀
+ 丿
Prononciation
Mandarin shǎo; shào
Entry Methods
Pinyin shao3; shao4
Kanji /
Cangjie
FH
火竹
Sijiao 9020.0
Wubi ITR
CNS 11643 1-4537
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5C11
GB2312 C9D9
BIG5 A4D6
HSK
Level 1
Results for 少
 shǎo few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
 shào young
Results beginning with 少
 shào nu:3 girl / young lady
 shào nián early youth / youngster / (literary) youth / young man
 shǎo shù small number / few / minority
 shǎo liàng a smidgen / a little bit / a few
 shào fù young married woman
 shào ye son of the boss / young master of the house / your son (honorific)
 shào ér child
 Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
 shǎo xǔ a little / a few
 shǎo jiàn rare / seldom seen / (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
 shǎo yǒu rare / infrequent
 shào jiàng major general / rear admiral / air vice marshal
 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander
 shào wèi second lieutenant (army rank)
 shǎo lái refrain (from doing sth) / (coll.) Come on! / Give me a break! / Save it!
 shào dōng boss's son / young master / young boss
 shǎo qǐng in a short while / presently
 shào ài young and pretty / pretty girl
 shǎo bào underreporting
 shǎo fàng to add less (of a spice etc)
 shǎo fǔ Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
 shào fǔ Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
 shǎo kè a short while / soon
 shào nán young, unmarried male / young guy
 shǎo xuǎn (literary) a little while
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 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
 Shào Xiān duì Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队[Shao4 nian2 Xian1 feng1 dui4]
 Shào nián Gōng Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
 shào nǎi nai young lady of the house / wife of the young master
 shǎo bu dé cannot be avoided / cannot do without
 shào nián fàn young criminal / juvenile delinquent
 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
 shǎo yí hàn low regrets
  reduced tillage
  youth camp
 shǎo chéng duō Many little things add up to sth great (idiom) / many a mickle makes a muckle
 shào dōng jiā boss's son
 shǎo gēn jīn (coll.) dim-witted / foolish / absent-minded
 shǎo kuài ròu (coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth) / (won't) hurt (to do sth)
 Shào lín Sì Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
 shǎo luō suō Shut up! / Stop grumbling! / Give me a break!
 shào nu:3 fēng Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland
 shǎo yáng bìng name of disease in TCM
 shào yáng bìng name of disease in TCM
 shǎo yáng jīng one of the channels of TCM
 shào yáng jīng lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM)
 shǎo zǐ huà declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 / "shoushika")
 shǎo shù mín zú national minority / ethnic group
 shào ér bù yí not suitable for children
 shào nán shào nu:3 boys and girls / teenagers
 shào xiān duì yuán member of the Young Pioneers
 shào nián lǎo chéng accomplished though young / lacking youthful vigor
 shǎo ān wú zào keep calm, don't get excited / don't be impatient
 shǎo ān wú zào variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4]
 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
怀  teenage pregnancy
  juvenile delinquency
  juvenile delinquency
  juvenile justice
 shǎo guǎn xián shì Mind your own business! / Don't interfere!
 Shǎo lín wǔ gōng Shaolin martial arts
 shào nián zhī jiā children's center / children's club
 shǎo shuō wéi jiā Few words are best. / Brevity is the soul of wit.
 shǎo tū jiāo zhì oligodendrocytes (Greek: cells with few branches), a type of cell in central nervous system / oligodendroglia
 shǎo zhī yòu shǎo very few / very little
 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
  youth club
 shào nián guǎn jiào suǒ reformatory
 shǎo shù mín zú xiāng ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)
  Adolescent Girl Communication Initiative
  juvenile justice intervention
  Girls' Education Programme
  Minority Rights Group
  Girls Advisory Committee
 shào nián fū qī lǎo lái bàn husband and wife in youth, companions in old age
  Minority Media Fund
  Forum on Minority Issues
  Congress of National Minorities
  Advisors on Minorities
  Minorities Fellowship Programme
  Council for the Rights of Children and Adolescents
使  Law on the Use of Flags of the National Minorities
  Working Group on Minorities
  Independent Expert on minority issues
  Meeting of Experts on National Minorities
  Manual for the Measurement of Juvenile Justice Indicators
  High Commissioner on National Minorities
  Expert Group Meeting on Adolescent Girls and Their Rights
 shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
 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
  Ethnic Minorities and Human and Social Development
  Seminar on the Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency
  Training and Strategy Development Seminar on the Administration of Juvenile Justice
Approximate Results for 少
 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few
 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
 duō shǎo number / amount / somewhat
 jiǎn shǎo to lessen / to decrease / to reduce / to lower
 zhì shǎo at least / (to say the) least
 hěn shǎo seldom
 quē shǎo lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack
 zuì shǎo at least / minimum / lowest (amount) / minimal
 jiào shǎo less
 jí shǎo very little / very few
 nián shào young / junior
 xī shǎo sparse / rare
 lǎo shào the old and the young
 guò shǎo too few / insufficient
 è shào young thug / malicious young ruffian
 duǎn shǎo to be short of the full amount
 kōng shào airline steward (abbr. for 空中少爺|空中少爷[kong1 zhong1 shao4 ye5])
 xiǎn shǎo very few / rarely
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 qīng shào nián adolescent / youth / teenager
 duō shao qián how much money / how much?
 bǐ jiǎo shǎo lesser
 jí shǎo shù extremely few / a small minority
 Liú Shào qí Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
 bù kě shǎo indispensable / essential
 cài shǎo fēn Ada
 lǎo lái shào old but young at heart
 Nuò kè shǎo Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania (Tw)
 bì bù kě shǎo absolutely necessary / indispensable / essential
 huò duō huò shǎo more or less
 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
 xiōng duō jí shǎo everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / inauspicious / everything points to disaster
 lǎo shào jiē yí suitable for both the young and the old
退 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)
 yǐ shǎo shèng duō using the few to defeat the many (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness
 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean
 guǎ èr shǎo shuāng peerless / second to none (idiom)
  waste reduction
  ozone decrease
  harm reduction
  cost decrease
  instantaneous rate of mortality / coefficient of decrease
  volume decrease
  phase-out
  demand reduction
  young adult offender
 bù kě quē shǎo indispensable
 duō duō shǎo shǎo to some extent / more or less
 duō shǎo yǒu xiē somewhat / more or less
 hǎi jūn shǎo xiào lieutenant commander (= UK and US Navy equivalent)
 hǎi jūn shào xiào lieutenant commander
 jù shǎo lí duō (idiom) (of a husband and wife, etc) to spend more time apart than together / to see each other very little
 kōng zhōng shào ye airline steward
 láng duō ròu shǎo many wolves and not enough meat / not enough to go around
 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.
 lǎo shào xián yí suitable for young and old
 nán nu:3 lǎo shào men, women, young and old / all kinds of people / people of all ages
 nián shào wú zhī young and inexperienced / unsophisticated
 quē xīn shǎo fèi brainless / stupid
 quē yī shǎo shí short of food and clothing / destitute
 rén kǒu jiǎn shǎo population decline
 rén yān xī shǎo no sign of human habitation (idiom) / desolate
 shū móu shǎo lu:è unable to plan / inept at strategy (idiom)
 yáng chǎng è shào city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
 zhōu shǎo sēng duō see 僧多粥少[seng1 duo1 zhou1 shao3]
 qīng shào nián fàn zuì youthful crime
  Junior 8 Summit / Junior 8
  Demand Reduction Section
  care of juveniles
  adolescents in conflict with the law
  protein shortage / protein shortfall
  sexual minority
  Supply Reduction Section
 yǒu bù shǎo míng tang there is a lot to it / not a straightforward matter
  natural disaster reduction
  disaster risk reduction
  mitigation of climate change
  drug demand reduction
  non-structural mitigation
  armed violence reduction
  forced depopulation
  thrombopenia / thrombocytopenia
 bì bù kě shǎo zǔ chéng absolute necessity / sine qua non
 dì qiú fáng wèi shào nián Bokurano
 duō zāi huā shǎo zāi cì talk nicely and avoid disputes / give compliments and not remarks
 yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo hardly any better / just as bad
 Zhōng guó Shǎo nián Xiān fēng duì Young Pioneers of China
  Community Violence Reduction Section
  Leave No Child Out
  conflict mitigation and development
  reduced impact logging
  Peer Approach to Counselling to Teens
  nuclear risk reduction centre
  lesser-used species
  return of refugees to a minority area / minority return
  pre-delinquency juvenile justice
  post-delinquency juvenile justice
 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
 mào xiǎn shào nu:3 nuó tīng yà Nadia:
 qián duō shì shǎo lí jiā jìn lots of money, less work, and close to home / ideal job
 duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better
  International Conference on Water-Related Disaster Reduction
  World Guide to Ethnic Minorities
  International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
  Cooperative Threat Reduction programme
  Supply and Demand Reduction Section
  neutropenia / neutrophilic leukopenia / neutrophilopenia
  Meeting of Indigenous Children and Adolescents
  Department for Muslim Minorities
  Knowledge Network for Poverty Reduction
  Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines
  debt and debt-service reduction
  security mitigation measure
  Global Threat Reduction Initiative
  Crime Reduction and Analysis Branch
  Conflict Mitigation and Development Section
  Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative
  Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Africa
  Library on Disaster Risk Reduction
  Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice
  Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
  Working Group on Abatement Techniques
  International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
  Association for Solidarity with Freedom-deprived Juveniles
  Working Group on Abatement Strategies
  Office of Conventional Arms Threat Reduction
  Albanian national minority
  Youth Voluntary Service to the Community
  International Colloquium on the Rights of Minorities
  separate juvenile justice system
退  reducing deforestation and forest degradation
  Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
  Inter-American Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
沿  Natural Disaster Reduction in Coastal Lowlands
  Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
  Mediterranean Seismic Risk Reduction Network
  United Nations Juvenile Justice Information Network
  African Summit to Roll Back Malaria
·  José Martí Pioneer Organization
  International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
  World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction - A Safer World for the 21st Century / World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
  global programme for natural disaster reduction
  Balkan Earthquake Risk Reduction Network
  Special Education for Handicapped Children and Young People
1992年  Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities / 1992 Declaration on Minorities
  Association jeunesse culture loisirs technique
使  reduction schedule (for halons)
  Abuja Declaration to Roll Back Malaria in Africa
  African Forum on Adolescent Reproductive Health
  Working Group on a Special Agreement on Emission Reductions
  International Symposium on Juvenile Delinquency
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