"Slightly" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shāo shāo somewhat / a little / slightly
 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small
 lu:è wēi a little bit / slightly
 yǒu diǎn r slightly / a little / somewhat
 lu:è wéi slightly
 lu:è lu:è slightly / roughly / briefly / very generally
 lu:è zuò to be abbreviated to / (followed by a verb) slightly
 wēi tiny / miniature / slightly / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
 chā difference / discrepancy / (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction) / (literary) a little / somewhat / slightly
 liáo to chat / to depend upon (literary) / temporarily / just / slightly
 xiē wēi slight / minor / small / slightly
 yī xiē some / a few / a little / (following an adjective) slightly ...er
 dà jiě big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
 lu:è shèng yī chóu slightly better / a cut above
 wēi shēng microliter / to increase slightly
 xiǎo guò little mistake / minor offense / slightly too much
 bào zǒu xié Heelys (roller shoes with wheels protruding slightly from the heel)
 ruò weak / feeble / young / inferior / (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
 jīn catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
 qì cough slightly
 bīn zi binzi / a species of apple which is slightly sour and astringent
 shǎo jiàn soon / a short while / a narrow gap / slightly better (state of health)
 wēi róng slightly soluble
 shāo yì differing slightly
 kǔ bu jī slightly bitter
 xián sī sī slightly salty
 wèi dá yī jiàn differing only slightly / not much between them
 liáng liáng slightly cold / cool / (neologism) (slang) to be done for / about to be obliterated / (of a place or a person) desolate
 wēi pàng slightly chubby / stoutish
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