HSK 1 · Describing

少

shǎo

few; little

Stroke order of 少

少 is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Something small "小" with a slice "丿" cut off becomes even fewer.

Parts: 小 small + 丿 slanted stroke

Example sentence

今天学校里人很少。

There are very few people at school today.

Words with 少

多少how many; how much 少年teenager; juvenile 青少年teenagers; young people 少数minority 不少quite a lot 至少at least 缺少to lack; shortage

More words: Describing

大big; large 小small; little 多many; much 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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