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Alternative forms
Han character
少 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火竹 (FH), four-corner 90200, composition ⿱𡭔丿(GT) or ⿱小丿(HJKV))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 296, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7475
- Dae Jaweon: page 590, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 561, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5C11
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Pictogram (象形) – four dots, perhaps three grains of sand (see 沙), to indicate "a few, a little". Phonetically borrowed from 小 (OC *smewʔ, “small”), which is depicted by three dots.
Unrelated to 步 (and hence 歲), in which the lower component is the stylization of a foot.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): seu3
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): sau2
- Northern Min (KCR): siǎu
- Eastern Min (BUC): ciēu / siēu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo3 / sieo3
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5sau / 3sau
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sau3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shǎo
- Wade–Giles: shao3
- Yale: shǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shao
- Palladius: шао (šao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: sao4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sao
- Sinological IPA (key): /sau²¹³/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шо (šo, II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɔ⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu2
- Yale: síu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: siau2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siau⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: seu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛu²¹³/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu
- Hakka Romanization System: seuˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: seu3
- Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: sau2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /sau⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǎu
- Sinological IPA (key): /siau²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ciēu / siēu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu³³/, /sieu³³/
- (Fuzhou)
Note:
- ciēu - colloquial;
- siēu - literary.
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: câ̤u
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu³³²/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sâ̤u
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu³³²/
- (Putian)
- zieo3 - vernacular;
- sieo3 - literary.
- chió - vernacular;
- siáu - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ziê2 / zio2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsié / tsió
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sie⁵²/, /t͡sio⁵²/
- (Teochew)
- ziê2 - Chaozhou, vernacular;
- zio2 - Shantou, vernacular.
Note:
Note:
Note:
- Middle Chinese: syewX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.t]ewʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*hmjewʔ/
Definitions
少
- few; little in number; less; not many
- weak; inadequate; insufficient
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 小 (xiǎo, “small; tiny”)
- to lack; to be short of; to be deficient
- to reduce (the amount or extent); to weaken; to lose; to stop; to cease
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to despise; to look down; to belittle
- slightly; moderately; a little; a bit
- seldom; rarely; infrequently
- in a little while; in a moment
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) slightly; somewhat
- 少癲／少癫 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― siu2 din1 [Jyutping] ― somewhat crazy
- Antonym: 大 (daai6)
- Alternative form: 小 (siu2)
- 5th tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌊)
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “few”): 多 (duō)
Compounds
- 不在少數 / 不在少数 (bùzàishǎoshù)
- 不多不少
- 不少 (bùshǎo)
- 以少克眾 / 以少克众
- 僧多粥少 (sēngduōzhōushǎo)
- 兵少將微 / 兵少将微
- 最少 (zuìshǎo)
- 凶多吉少 (xiōngduōjíshǎo)
- 古今少有
- 多共少
- 多凶少吉
- 多多少少 (duōduōshǎoshǎo)
- 多少
- 多少是好
- 多退少補 / 多退少补
- 寡二少雙 / 寡二少双
- 寡恩少義 / 寡恩少义
- 寡情少義 / 寡情少义
- 寡聞少見 / 寡闻少见
- 寡見少聞 / 寡见少闻
- 少一缺二
- 少不了 (shàobuliǎo)
- 少不得
- 少之又少 (shǎozhīyòushǎo)
- 少來 / 少来 (shǎolái)
- 少候
- 少停
- 少刻 (shǎokè)
- 少吃無著 / 少吃无著
- 少坐
- 少安勿躁 (shǎo'ān wùzào)
- 少安毋躁
- 少安無躁 / 少安无躁
- 少少 (shǎoshǎo)
- 少差
- 少待
- 少心眼
- 少息 (shǎoxī)
- 少憩 (shǎoqì)
- 少懈
- 少敘 / 少叙
- 少數 / 少数 (shǎoshù)
- 少數民族 / 少数民族 (shǎoshù mínzú)
- 少日
- 少時 / 少时
- 少有 (shǎoyǒu)
- 少歇
- 少氣無力 / 少气无力
- 少焉
- 少禮 / 少礼 (xiǎolǐ)
- 少私寡慾 / 少私寡欲
- 少管閒事 / 少管闲事 (shǎoguǎnxiánshì)
- 少見 / 少见 (shǎojiàn)
- 少見多怪 / 少见多怪 (shǎojiànduōguài)
- 少親失眷 / 少亲失眷
- 少言寡語 / 少言寡语 (shǎoyánguǎyǔ)
- 少許 / 少许 (shǎoxǔ)
- 少調失教 / 少调失教
- 少量 (shǎoliàng)
- 少間 / 少间
- 少陪
- 少頃 / 少顷 (shǎoqǐng)
- 少頭無尾 / 少头无尾
- 少魂失魄
- 少魂沒識 / 少魂没识
- 很少 (hěnshǎo)
- 抵多少
- 會少離多 / 会少离多
- 沒多少 / 没多少
- 沉重少言
- 沉靜少言 / 沉静少言
- 沒魂少智 / 没魂少智
- 減少 / 减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
- 狼多肉少 (lángduōròushǎo)
- 疏謀少略 / 疏谋少略
- 眾少不敵 / 众少不敌
- 眾少成多 / 众少成多
- 短少 (duǎnshǎo)
- 稀少 (xīshǎo)
- 積少成多 / 积少成多 (jīshǎochéngduō)
- 粥少僧多
- 絕甘分少 / 绝甘分少
- 缺少 (quēshǎo)
- 缺斤少兩 / 缺斤少两 (quējīnshǎoliǎng)
- 缺衣少食 (quēyīshǎoshí)
- 至少 (zhìshǎo)
- 花多實少 / 花多实少
- 虛多實少 / 虚多实少
- 辭多受少 / 辞多受少
- 重厚少文
- 食少事煩 / 食少事烦
- 鮮少 / 鲜少 (xiǎnshǎo)
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu3
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): siéu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo4
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5sau
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sau4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shào
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shào
- Wade–Giles: shao4
- Yale: shàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw
- Palladius: шао (šao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu3
- Yale: siu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu3
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
- Hakka Romanization System: seu
- Hagfa Pinyim: seu4
- Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siéu
- Sinological IPA (key): /siɛu²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤̍u
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬieu⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: sau4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɒu̯⁴⁵/
- (Changsha)
- Middle Chinese: syewH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s-t]ewʔ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*hmjews/
Definitions
少
- young; youthful; juvenile
- later in a sequence; younger; youngest
- childhood; youth; young period
- young man; youngster; junior
- (historical) deputy; assistant
- (historical) young master of a rich family
- a surname
Synonyms
Compounds
- 不良少年 (bùliáng shàonián)
- 五陵年少 (wǔlíngniánshào)
- 卻少 / 却少 (quèshào)
- 問題少年 / 问题少年
- 大少爺 / 大少爷 (dàshàoye)
- 太子少保
- 太子少師 / 太子少师
- 安老懷少 / 安老怀少
- 少不更事
- 少不經事 / 少不经事 (shàobùjīngshì)
- 少保
- 少傅
- 少像
- 少商
- 少壯 / 少壮 (shàozhuàng)
- 少女 (shàonǚ)
- 少女嫩婦 / 少女嫩妇 (shàonǚ nènfù)
- 少女情懷 / 少女情怀
- 少奶奶 (shàonǎinai)
- 少婦 / 少妇 (shàofù)
- 少子
- 少尉 (shàowèi)
- 少小
- 少師 / 少师
- 少年 (shàonián)
- 少年人
- 少年才俊
- 少年法庭
- 少年犯罪 (shàonián fànzuì)
- 少年組 / 少年组
- 少年老成
- 少年郎
- 少府 (shàofǔ)
- 少成若性
- 少昊
- 少東 / 少东 (shàodōng)
- 少林寺 (Shàolínsì)
- 少林拳 (Shàolínquán)
- 少林派
- 少棒
- 少爺 / 少爷 (shàoyé)
- 少牢 (shàoláo)
- 少白頭 / 少白头 (shàobáitóu)
- 少艾 (shào'ài)
- 嵩少
- 年少 (niánshào)
- 年少得志
- 年少氣盛 / 年少气盛
- 惡少 / 恶少 (èshào)
- 慘綠少年 / 惨绿少年
- 盧家少婦 / 卢家少妇
- 空中少爺 / 空中少爷 (kōngzhōng shàoyé)
- 老少 (lǎoshào)
- 老少一同
- 老少咸宜 (lǎoshàoxiányí)
- 老少年
- 老少無欺 / 老少无欺
- 老少男女 (lǎoshàonánnǚ)
- 老少配
- 老的少的
- 老老少少
- 老醫少卜 / 老医少卜
- 荷花大少
- 虞犯少年
- 裙屐少年
- 裴少俊
- 資淺齒少 / 资浅齿少
- 遺少 / 遗少
- 闊少 / 阔少 (kuòshào)
- 青少年 (qīngshàonián)
- 青少棒
References
- “少”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “少”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 206.
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少
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Compounds
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰo̞(ː)]
- Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Hanja
Wikisource 少 (eumhun 적을 소 (jeogeul so))
Compounds
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