| 比较少 | bǐ jiǎo shǎo | lesser |  |
| 宁可 | nìng kě | preferably / one would prefer to...(or not to...) / would rather / (would) be better to / (to pick) the lesser of two evils |  |
| 小雪 | Xiǎo xuě | Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 22nd November-6th December | |
| 小寒 | Xiǎo hán | Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 6th-19th January | |
| 小乘 | Xiǎo chéng | Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras | |
| 小乘 | Xiǎo shèng | Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle / Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras / also pr. [Xiao3 cheng2] | |
| 小熊猫 | xiǎo xióng māo | lesser panda (Ailurus fulgens) / red panda | |
| 长臂猿 | cháng bì yuán | gibbon / Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family) | |
| 小篆 | xiǎo zhuàn | the small or lesser seal, the form of Chinese character standardized by the Qin dynasty | |
| 小暑 | Xiǎo shǔ | Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 7th-22nd July | |
| 秃鹳 | tū guàn | (bird species of China) lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) | |
| 山奈 | shān nài | Thai ginger / lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga) / cyanide (loanword) / same as 氰化 | |
| 小满 | Xiǎo mǎn | Xiaoman or Lesser Full Grain, 8th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 / 21st May-5th June | |
| 红熊猫 | hóng xióng māo | lesser Panda / red panda / firefox | |
| 圣文森和格林纳丁 | Shèng Wén sēn hé Gé lín nà dīng | St Vincent and Grenadines, Caribbean island in Lesser Antilles | |
| 高良姜 | gāo liáng jiāng | Thai ginger / lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga) | |
| 小白额雁 | xiǎo bái é yàn | (bird species of China) lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) | |
| 小斑啄木鸟 | xiǎo bān zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) | |
| 小杜鹃 | xiǎo dù juān | (bird species of China) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) | |
| 栗树鸭 | lì shù yā | (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) | |
| 渔雕 | yú diāo | (bird species of China) lesser fish eagle (Ichthyophaga humilis) | |
| 白斑军舰鸟 | bái bān jūn jiàn niǎo | (bird species of China) lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) | |
| 黄爪隼 | huáng zhuǎ sǔn | (bird species of China) lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) | |
| 黑额伯劳 | hēi é bó láo | (bird species of China) lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) | |
| 美洲小鸵 | Měi zhōu xiǎo tuó | Lesser Rhea / Darwin's Rhea / Rhea pennata | |
| 小盘尾 | xiǎo pán wěi | (bird species of China) lesser racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus remifer) | |
| 小凤头燕鸥 | xiǎo fèng tóu yàn ōu | (bird species of China) lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) | |
| 小鸦鹃 | xiǎo yā juān | (bird species of China) lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) | |
| 小黄脚鹬 | xiǎo huáng jiǎo yù | (bird species of China) lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) | |
| 小黑领噪鹛 | xiǎo hēi lǐng zào méi | (bird species of China) lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) | |
| 乌灰银鸥 | wū huī yín ōu | (bird species of China) lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) | |
| 白喉林莺 | bái hóu lín yīng | (bird species of China) lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) | |
| 白喉短翅鸫 | bái hóu duǎn chì dōng | (bird species of China) lesser shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris) | |
| 蒙古沙鸻 | měng gǔ shā héng | (bird species of China) lesser sand plover (Charadrius mongolus) | |
| 黄冠啄木鸟 | huáng guān zhuó mù niǎo | (bird species of China) lesser yellownape (Picus chlorolophus) | |
| 小半 | xiǎo bàn | a portion smaller than a half / the lesser part / the smaller part | |
| 少阳经 | shào yáng jīng | lesser yang gallbladder meridian of the leg (one of the 12 principal meridians of TCM) | |
