小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- 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
- 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.
- 小姐要买什么？ Xiǎojiě yào mǎi shénme? What would you like to buy, miss?
- 小姐在等车。 Xiǎojiě zài děng chē. The young lady is waiting for a car.
- 请小姐喝茶。 Qǐng xiǎojiě hē chá. Please invite the young lady to have tea.
- 小姐，车来了。 Xiǎojiě, chē lái le. Miss, the car is here.
- 小姐想去哪儿？ Xiǎojiě xiǎng qù nǎr? Where would you like to go, miss?
- 小姐，你喝水吗？ Xiǎojiě, nǐ hē shuǐ ma? Miss, would you like some water?
- 小姐，你去哪儿？ Xiǎojiě, nǐ qù nǎr? Miss, where are you going?
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
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 大小 dàxiǎo size
- 小 xiǎo little (affectionate prefix)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel