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
小时
xiǎoshí
hour
Characters in this word
时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 日 sun 寸 inch
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我每天学习两个小时。 Wǒ měitiān xuéxí liǎng ge xiǎoshí. I study for two hours every day.
- 我等了你一个小时。 Wǒ děng le nǐ yí ge xiǎoshí. I waited for you for an hour.
- 他工作了八个小时。 Tā gōngzuò le bā ge xiǎoshí. He worked for eight hours.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 时候 shíhou time, moment
- 时间 shíjiān time
- 有时候 yǒushíhou sometimes
- 点 diǎn o'clock; dot; a little
- 分 fēn minute; to divide
- 差 chà to lack, short of; to (in telling time)