HSK 1 · Describing

小

xiǎo

small; little

Stroke order of 小

小 is written with 3 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A tiny hook with two little crumbs falling off each side: small.

Parts: 亅 hook + two small dots

Example sentence

我有一只小狗。

I have a little dog.

Words with 小

小姐Miss; young lady 小孩儿child 小朋友child; kid 小时hour 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 小时候in childhood 从小since childhood 中小学primary and secondary schools 小组group 小说novel 小声in a low voice 大小size 小心careful; to be careful

More words: Describing

大big; large 多many; much 少few; little 高tall; high 新new 老old 快fast; quickly 慢slow 难difficult; hard 干净clean 坏bad; broken

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