少 shǎo
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
少儿
shào'ér
children
Characters in this word
儿 ér
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这家图书馆专门设立了少儿阅读区。 Zhè jiā túshūguǎn zhuānmén shèlì le shào'ér yuèdúqū. This library has set up a reading area especially for children.
- 周末电视台有很多少儿节目。 Zhōumò diànshìtái yǒu hěn duō shào'ér jiémù. On weekends the TV station has many children's programs.
- 这家出版社出版了很多适合少儿的故事书。 Zhè jiā chūbǎnshè chūbǎn le hěn duō shìhé shào'ér de gùshìshū. This publisher has put out many storybooks suitable for children.
Related words
- 多少 duōshǎo how many, how much
- 少 shǎo few, little
- 不少 bùshǎo quite a few; quite a lot
- 青少年 qīngshàonián teenager; young people
- 少数 shǎoshù a few; minority
- 少年 shàonián teenager
- 缺少 quēshǎo to lack; to be short of
- 至少 zhìshǎo at least
- 减少 jiǎnshǎo to reduce; to decrease
- 必不可少 bìbùkěshǎo indispensable; essential
- 或多或少 huòduōhuòshǎo more or less; to some extent
- 少不了 shǎobuliǎo cannot do without; inevitably involves