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小

xiǎo · xiao

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Meaning

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  1. small
  2. tiny
  3. few
  4. young
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The little security guard

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，那(nà)条(tiáo)小狗(xiǎogǒu)好(hǎo)可爱(kěài)！

    Look, that little dog is so cute!

  2. Dengdeng

    它(tā)很(hěn)小(xiǎo)，只有(zhǐyǒu)两(liǎng)个(gè)月(yuè)。

    It is very small, only two months old.

  3. Liangliang

    小狗(xiǎogǒu)叫(jiào)什么(shénme)名字(míngzi)？

    What is the little dog called?

  4. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)去(qù)问问(wènwèn)它(tā)的(de)主人(zhǔrén)吧(ba)。

    Let us go ask its owner.

  5. Liangliang

    小声(xiǎoshēng)点(diǎn)，它(tā)的(de)主人(zhǔrén)在(zài)睡觉(shuìjiào)。

    Quieter, its owner is sleeping.

  6. Dengdeng

    小狗(xiǎogǒu)在(zài)看着(kànzhe)他(tā)，真是(zhēnshi)个(gè)小(xiǎo)保安(bǎoān)！

    The little dog is watching him. A real little security guard!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)在(zài)一(yì)家(jiā)小(xiǎo)咖(kā)啡(fēi)店(diàn)吃(chī)了(le)午(wǔ)饭(fàn)。

We had lunch at a little coffee shop.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)只(zhī)小(xiǎo)狗(gǒu)刚(gāng)出(chū)生(shēng)不(bù)久(jiǔ)，还(hái)不(bú)会(huì)走(zǒu)路(lù)。

This puppy was born not long ago and still can't walk.

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