"Little" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yī xiē some / a few / a little / (following an adjective) slightly ...er
 yī diǎn a bit / a little / one dot / one point
 yǒu diǎn a little
 shǎo xǔ a little / a few
 shāo shāo somewhat / a little / slightly
 yī èr one or two / a few / a little / just a bit
 xiē xǔ a few / a little / a bit
 yǒu diǎn r slightly / a little / somewhat
 shāo xǔ a little / a bit
 yǒu yī diǎn a little / somewhat
 chā difference / discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little / somewhat / slightly
 shāo somewhat / a little
 gǎ little (dialect)
 yǒu yī diǎn r a bit / a little
 dī some / few / a little (Cantonese)
 huǎn huǎn slowly / unhurriedly / little by little
 qiāo qiāo quiet / making little or no noise / surreptitious / stealthy / anxious / worried / Taiwan pr. [qiao3 qiao3]
 xiǎo dì little brother / I, your little brother (humble)
 shāo wēi a little bit
 shǎo liàng a smidgen / a little bit / a few
 xiǎo mèi little sister / girl / (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp
 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than
 liǎng xià twice / for a little while
 jí shǎo very little / very few
 diǎn dī a drip / a little bit / intravenous drip (used to administer drugs)
 lu:è wēi a little bit / slightly
 diǎn diǎn dī dī bit by bit / dribs and drabs / the little details / every aspect
 xiǎo mèi mei little sister / little girl / (coll.) vulva
 shāo hòu in a little while / in a moment / later on
 xiǎo dì di little brother / little boy / (coll.) penis
 xiǎo yàng galley proof (printing) / unimpressive / (coll.) little guy (mild insult also used as an affectionate term)
 wú jǐ very little / hardly any
 jié jié step by step / little by little
 shū bù zhī little imagined / scarcely realized
 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess / fig. spoiled girl / female version of 小皇帝[xiao3 huang2 di4]
 bàn fēn a little bit
 yī diǎn yī dī bit by bit / every little bit
 niū niu little girl
 jī lèi chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak
 xiǎo zhǐ little finger
 bù zhí qián of little value
 líng dang little bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 wēi hū qí wēi a tiny bit / very little / next to nothing (idiom)
 nān nān little darling / baby
 shèn wēi very small / very little / scant / minimal
 bái lù (bird species of China) little egret (Egretta garzetta)
 xián dì worthy little brother
 nī zi (coll.) lass / (dialect) little girl
 xiǎo ér kē pediatrics / pediatric (department) / sth of little importance / trifle / a child's play / (slang) childish / petty / stingy
 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little
 hóu ér little devil
 jué bié to bid farewell / to part (usually with little hope of meeting again)
 shāo zǎo a little early
 rén yú xiǎo jie mermaid / the Little Mermaid
 yī diǎn diǎn a little bit
 yī shí bàn kè a short time / a little while
 huáng máo yā tou silly little girl
 zhú cì gradually / one after another / little by little
 zhé zhī massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
 yīn xiǎo shī dà to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
 xiǎo mǔ zhǐ little finger / pinkie
 xiǎo guò little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much
 Sì Xiǎo lóng Four Asian Tigers / East Asian Tigers / Four Little Dragons (East Asian economic powers: Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong)
 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean
 láo ér wú gōng to work hard while accomplishing little / to toil to no avail
 lìng dì honorable little brother
 mào tóu to emerge / to crop up / a little more than
 qīng chē jiǎn cóng (of an official) to travel with little luggage and just a small escort / to travel without ostentation
 zhì nu:3 little girl (of toddler age)
 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow
 qǐng unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares / a short while / a little while ago / circa. (for approximate dates)
 yú a moment / little while
 yǎn operculum (Latin: little lid) / a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy)
 wěi little tuna / Euthynnus alletteratus
 yǎn gāo shǒu dī to have high standards but little ability / to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
 yī lái èr qù gradually / little by little / in the course of time
 yī shí bàn shǎng a short time / a little while
 yī shí bàn shà a short time / a little while
 yī běn wàn lì small capital, huge profit (idiom) / to put in a little and get a lot out
 yīn rén chéng shì to get things done relying on others (idiom) / with a little help from his friends
 shī dào guǎ zhù an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support
 xiǎo chéng dà jiè lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom) / to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
 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
 shùn shuǐ rén qíng to do sb a favor at little cost
 gāng jǔ mù zhāng if you lift the headrope the meshes spread open (idiom) / take care of the big things and the little things will take care of themselves / (of a piece of writing) well-structured and ordered
 xiǎo niǎo yī rén lit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom) / fig. cute and helpless-looking
 yī qín yī hè carrying very little luggage (idiom) / honest and incorruptible (government officials)
 nu:3 dà shí bā biàn lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom) / fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
 lu:è zhī yī èr to know just a little / to have a rough idea
 yī diǎn yī diǎn little by little / bit by bit / gradually
 xiǎo yì dà lì Little Italy
 xiǎo zāng guǐ dirty little devil (affectionate, of child)
 zōng litter of pigs / little pig
 yī shí bàn huì a short time / a little while
 yī shí bàn huì r a short time / a little while
 fán jìn with little learning
 huài bāo r rascal / rogue / little devil (term of endearment)
 dà cái xiǎo yòng lit. making little use of great talent / to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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