小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小提琴
xiǎotíqín
violin
Characters in this word
提 tí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 是 to be
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
琴 qín
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- Made of
- 玨 guitar strings 今 modern, current
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 那把小提琴的音色温润，却能在交响乐中穿透厚重的和声。 Nà bǎ xiǎotíqín de yīnsè wēnrùn, què néng zài jiāoxiǎngyuè zhōng chuāntòu hòuzhòng de héshēng. The tone of that violin is warm and mellow, yet it can cut through the dense harmony of an orchestra.
- 她每天放学后都要练一个小时小提琴。 Tā měitiān fàngxué hòu dōu yào liàn yí ge xiǎoshí xiǎotíqín. Every day after school she practises the violin for an hour.
- 舞台上，一位老人正在拉小提琴。 Wǔtái shàng, yí wèi lǎorén zhèngzài lā xiǎotíqín. On the stage an old man is playing the violin.
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