小小
xiǎo xiǎo
Pinyin

Definition

小小
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xiǎo xiǎo
  1. very small
  2. very few
  3. very minor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
大小
dà xiǎo
  1. 1 dimension
  2. 2 magnitude
  3. 3 size
  4. 4 measurement
  5. 5 large and small
  6. 6 at any rate
  7. 7 adults and children
  8. 8 consideration of seniority
小丑
xiǎo chǒu
  1. 1 clown
小事
xiǎo shì
  1. 1 trifle
  2. 2 trivial matter
  3. 3 CL:點|点[diǎn]
小伙
xiǎo huǒ
  1. 1 young guy
  2. 2 lad
  3. 3 youngster
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
小伙子
xiǎo huǒ zi
  1. 1 young man
  2. 2 young guy
  3. 3 lad
  4. 4 youngster
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
小便
xiǎo biàn
  1. 1 to urinate
  2. 2 to pass water
  3. 3 urine
小偷
xiǎo tōu
  1. 1 thief
小区
xiǎo qū
  1. 1 neighborhood
  2. 2 district
小吃
xiǎo chī
  1. 1 snack
  2. 2 refreshments
  3. 3 CL:家[jiā]
小品
xiǎo pǐn
  1. 1 short, simple literary or artistic creation
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 skit
小型
xiǎo xíng
  1. 1 small scale
  2. 2 small size
小妹
xiǎo mèi
  1. 1 little sister
  2. 2 girl
  3. 3 (Tw) young female employee working in a low-level role dealing with the public (assistant, waitress, attendant etc)
小姐
xiǎo jie
  1. 1 young lady
  2. 2 miss
  3. 3 (slang) prostitute
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
小姨
xiǎo yí
  1. 1 (coll.) wife's younger sister
  2. 2 sister-in-law
小子
xiǎo zǐ
  1. 1 (literary) youngster
  2. 2 (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation)
  3. 3 (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders)
小孩
xiǎo hái
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
小孩儿
xiǎo hái r5
  1. 1 erhua variant of 小孩[xiǎo hái]
小孩子
xiǎo hái zi
  1. 1 child

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
  1. 1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
大事化小，小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
  1. 1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
大处着眼，小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
  1. 1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
  1. 1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
  1. 1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
  1. 1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
  1. 1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn
  1. 1 reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
  2. 2 absence makes the heart grow fonder
小学而大遗
xiǎo xué ér dà yí
  1. 1 to concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom)
小山包包
xiǎo shān bāo bao
  1. 1 a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom)
小巫见大巫
xiǎo wū jiàn dà wū
  1. 1 lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pale into insignificance by comparison
小心翼翼
xiǎo xīn yì yì
  1. 1 cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully
  2. 2 prudent
  3. 3 gently and cautiously
小心谨慎
xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn
  1. 1 cautious and timid (idiom); prudent
  2. 2 careful

Sample Sentences

我不过是一颗小小的螺丝钉罢了，是公司的战略制定得好
wǒ bùguò shì yī kē xiǎoxiǎo de luósīdīng bàle ，shì gōngsī de zhànlu:è zhìdìng de hǎo
I’m just a small fry, it’s the company’s strategy that is well formulated.
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就是他啊，眼睛小小的、头发长长的，说话速度超快的小方啊。
jiùshì tā ā ，yǎnjing xiǎoxiǎo de 、tóufa chángcháng de ，shuōhuà sùdù chāo kuài de Xiǎo Fāng ā 。
That's her. With small eyes and long hair and who talks really fast. Xiao Fang, right?
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你的手掌那么柔软，你小小的身体是那么娇小柔弱，爸爸妈妈好担心不能好好照顾你。
nǐ de shǒuzhǎng nàme róuruǎn ，nǐ xiǎoxiǎo de shēntǐ shì nàme jiāoxiǎo róuruò ，bàba māma hǎo dānxīn bùnéng hǎohāo zhàogu nǐ 。
Your hand was so soft, your little body was so small and weak, mummy and daddy were very worried we wouldn't be able to look after you.
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意思大概就是小小的幸福感吧。
yìsi dàgài jiùshì xiǎoxiǎo de xìngfúgǎn ba 。
I'm guessing that the general idea is that it's small bits of happiness.
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白白的，小小的，好像是虱子。
báibái de ，xiǎoxiǎo de ，hǎoxiàng shì shīzi 。
White, tiny - it looks like lice.
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还行，我还蛮喜欢闻的。去年我在厦门的时候泡过，里面有很多中药温泉，像什么人参温泉啊，冬虫夏草温泉啊，大大小小几十个池子呢。每种温泉都有不同的疗效。
hái xíng ，wǒ hái mán xǐhuan wén de 。qùnián wǒ zài Xiàmén de shíhou pào guò ，lǐmiàn yǒu hěn duō zhōngyào wēnquán ，xiàng shénme rénshēn wēnquán a ，dōngchóngxiàcǎo wēnquán a ，dàdàxiǎoxiǎo jǐshí gè chízi ne 。měi zhǒng wēnquán dōu yǒu bùtóng de liáoxiào 。
It's okay. I really like the smell of it. Last year when I was in Xiamen I did it. They've got all kinds of TCM hot springs there like ginseng hot springs, cordyceps fungus hot springs, a bunch of pools of all sizes. Every kind of hot spring has different therapeutic effects.
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当然，就当是公司给你的一个小小补偿吧。
dāngrán ，jiù dāng shì gōngsī gěi nǐ de yī gè xiǎoxiǎo bǔcháng ba 。
Of course. It can be like a small bit of compensation from the company.
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我还小小的呢。徐小婷，你来。
wǒ hái xiǎoxiǎo de ne 。Xú Xiǎotíng ，nǐ lái 。
I'm still very small. (This is a pun on ''dà=big" in Chinese --Ed.) Xu Xiaoting, you do it.
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你算了吧！联合国都没吱声，你一个小小的委内瑞拉叫嚣什么啊！况且你离南极还有十万八千里呢！
nǐ suànle ba ！Liánhéguó dōu méi zhīshēng ，nǐ yī ge xiǎoxiǎo de Wěinèiruìlā jiàoxiāo shénme ā ！kuàngqiě nǐ lí Nánjí hái yǒu shíwàn bāqiānlǐ ne ！
Forget it! The UN hasn't said a thing. What are you, little old Venezuela, making such a fuss about? And anyway, you're nine thousand kilometers from the South Pole!
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