小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- Made of
- 亅 hook 八 eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小姐
xiǎojiě
miss, young lady
Characters in this word
姐 jiě
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 女 woman, girl 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 王小姐是我的老师。 Wáng xiǎojiě shì wǒ de lǎoshī. Ms. Wang is my teacher.
- 李小姐在哪儿工作？ Lǐ xiǎojiě zài nǎr gōngzuò? Where does Ms. Li work?
- 那个小姐是医生。 Nà ge xiǎojiě shì yīshēng. That young lady is a doctor.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 姐姐 jiějie older sister
- 别人 biérén other people, others
- 先生 xiānsheng Mr., sir; gentleman
- 见 jiàn to see; to meet
- 女生 nǚshēng schoolgirl, female student
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other