少 shǎo
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
少女
shàonǚ
young girl; teenage girl
Characters in this word
女 nǚ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 那位少女在纪录片中讲述了自己逃离战乱的经历。 Nà wèi shàonǚ zài jìlùpiàn zhōng jiǎngshùle zìjǐ táolí zhànluàn de jīnglì. The young girl described in the documentary how she had escaped the war.
- 这部电影讲述了一位少女的成长故事。 Zhè bù diànyǐng jiǎngshùle yī wèi shàonǚ de chéngzhǎng gùshi. This film tells the story of a young girl growing up.
- 那位少女梦想着有一天站上更大的舞台。 Nà wèi shàonǚ mèngxiǎngzhe yǒu yī tiān zhàn shàng gèng dà de wǔtái. That young girl dreams of one day stepping onto a bigger stage.
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
- 少儿 shào'ér children
- 必不可少 bìbùkěshǎo indispensable; essential
- 或多或少 huòduōhuòshǎo more or less; to some extent