小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小吃
xiǎochī
snacks
Characters in this word
吃 chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 乞 to beg
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我爱吃小吃。 Wǒ ài chī xiǎochī. I really like snacks.
- 这里小吃多。 Zhèlǐ xiǎochī duō. There are many snacks here.
- 小吃很便宜。 Xiǎochī hěn piányi. Snacks are very cheap.
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)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young