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小说

xiǎo shuō · xiao shuo

Traditional 小說

HSK 2Old HSK 4Measure words: 本 běn, 部 bù

Meaning

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  1. novel
  2. fiction
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A novel you can't put down

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)在(zài)看(kàn)什么(shénme)？

    What are you reading?

  2. Dengdeng

    一本(yīběn)新(xīn)小说(xiǎoshuō)，太(tài)好看(hǎokàn)了(le)。

    A new novel. It's so good.

  3. Liangliang

    讲(jiǎng)什么(shénme)的(de)？

    What's it about?

  4. Dengdeng

    一个(yīgè)女孩(nǚhái)去(qù)北京(běijīng)找(zhǎo)朋友(péngyou)。

    A girl goes to Beijing to find a friend.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)了(le)多久(duōjiǔ)了(le)？

    How long have you been reading?

  6. Dengdeng

    从(cóng)早上(zǎoshang)到(dào)现在(xiànzài)。这(zhè)本(běn)小说(xiǎoshuō)有(yǒu)五百(wǔbǎi)页(yè)，我(wǒ)停不下来(tíngbùxiàlái)。

    From morning until now. This novel has five hundred pages and I can't stop.

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In a sentence

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01

这(zhè)显(xiǎn)然(rán)是(shì)今(jīn)年(nián)出(chū)版(bǎn)的(de)最(zuì)好(hǎo)的(de)小(xiǎo)说(shuō)。

This is by far the best novel that has been published this year.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)昨(zuó)天(tiān)看(kàn)了(le)一(yí)部(bù)最(zuì)有(yǒu)趣(qù)的(de)小(xiǎo)说(shuō)。

He read a most interesting novel yesterday.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by kebukebu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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The characters

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小
xiǎo

small; tiny

说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment

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