小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小声
xiǎoshēng
in a low voice; quietly
Characters in this word
声 shēng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 士 — scholar, gentleman
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 小声说话。 Xiǎoshēng shuō huà. Speak in a low voice.
- 请小声点。 Qǐng xiǎoshēng diǎn. Please keep your voice down.
- 她小声笑。 Tā xiǎoshēng xiào. She laughs quietly.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 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)
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young
- 小说 xiǎoshuō novel