小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小丑
xiǎochǒu
clown; buffoon
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 那名政客把反对者称为小丑，反而暴露了自己的傲慢。 Nà míng zhèngkè bǎ fǎnduìzhě chēngwéi xiǎochǒu, fǎn'ér bàolù le zìjǐ de àomàn. That politician called his opponents clowns, but instead exposed his own arrogance.
- 马戏团的小丑把气球变成了小狗。 Mǎxìtuán de xiǎochǒu bǎ qìqiú biàn chéng le xiǎo gǒu. The circus clown turned a balloon into a little dog.
- 孩子们看到小丑的红鼻子，都笑了起来。 Háizimen kàndào xiǎochǒu de hóng bízi, dōu xiào le qǐlái. When the children saw the clown's red nose, they all burst out laughing.
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