稍 shāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
稍
shāo
slightly; a little
Character
Example phrases
- 请稍等我。 Qǐng shāo děng wǒ. Please wait for me a little.
- 稍晚再说。 Shāo wǎn zài shuō. Let us talk a little later.
- 天稍冷了。 Tiān shāo lěng le. The weather is a little colder.
Related words
- 稍微 shāowēi a little
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a short while; once
- 一下子 yíxiàzi all at once; suddenly
- 近来 jìnlái recently
- 当场 dāngchǎng on the spot; immediately
- 时常 shícháng often
- 随后 suíhòu afterward; soon after
- 不时 bùshí from time to time
- 将要 jiāngyào about to
- 偶尔 ǒu'ěr sometimes; occasionally
- 慌忙 huāngmáng hurriedly
- 再次 zàicì again