小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小康
xiǎokāng
moderately prosperous; well-off
Characters in this word
康 kāng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 许多家庭从温饱走向小康之后，开始关注教育和养老质量。 Xǔduō jiātíng cóng wēnbǎo zǒu xiàng xiǎokāng zhīhòu, kāishǐ guānzhù jiàoyù hé yǎnglǎo zhìliàng. After many families moved from having enough food and clothing to being moderately prosperous, they began to focus on the quality of education and elderly care.
- 靠勤劳的双手，他们一家过上了小康生活。 Kào qínláo de shuāngshǒu, tāmen yì jiā guò shàng le xiǎokāng shēnghuó. Through hard work, their family came to live a comfortable life.
- 他们家不算富有，但生活过得还算小康。 Tāmen jiā bú suàn fùyǒu, dàn shēnghuó guò de hái suàn xiǎokāng. Their family isn't rich, but they live reasonably comfortably.
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