少
shǎoTraditional: 少
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Translation
few, little, less
Stroke order
少
Examples
？
How much is this book?
。
You'll have to wait at least an hour.
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There are very few people today.
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There are fewer people today than yesterday.
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Speak less, do more.
少 (shǎo) means few or little, the opposite of 多. It pairs with 多 in 多少 to ask how many or how much, and shows up in 至少 (at least) and similar quantity expressions.
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Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 少.
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