小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小费
xiǎofèi
tip; gratuity
Characters in this word
费 fèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 弗 not, negative 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 在某些国家，小费不是额外奖励，而是服务人员收入的重要组成部分。 Zài mǒuxiē guójiā, xiǎofèi bú shì éwài jiǎnglì, ér shì fúwù rényuán shōurù de zhòngyào zǔchéng bùfen. In some countries, tips are not an extra reward but an important part of service workers' income.
- 服务员热情周到，我们多给了一点小费。 Fúwùyuán rèqíng zhōudào, wǒmen duō gěi le yìdiǎn xiǎofèi. The waiter was warm and attentive, so we gave a slightly bigger tip.
- 出租车司机帮我搬了行李，我给了他一些小费。 Chūzūchē sījī bāng wǒ bān le xínglǐ, wǒ gěi le tā yìxiē xiǎofèi. The taxi driver helped me with my luggage, so I gave him a tip.
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