少爷
shào ye
Pinyin

Definition

少爷
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shào ye
  1. son of the boss
  2. young master of the house
  3. your son (honorific)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
少女
shào nu:3
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
少数
shǎo shù
  1. 1 small number
  2. 2 few
  3. 3 minority
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
少爷
shào ye
  1. 1 son of the boss
  2. 2 young master of the house
  3. 3 your son (honorific)
少许
shǎo xǔ
  1. 1 a little
  2. 2 a few
少量
shǎo liàng
  1. 1 a smidgen
  2. 2 a little bit
  3. 3 a few
年少
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior
减少
jiǎn shǎo
  1. 1 to lessen
  2. 2 to decrease
  3. 3 to reduce
  4. 4 to lower
缺少
quē shǎo
  1. 1 lack
  2. 2 shortage of
  3. 3 shortfall
  4. 4 to be short (of)
  5. 5 to lack
至少
zhì shǎo
  1. 1 at least
  2. 2 (to say the) least
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
刘少奇
Liú Shào qí
  1. 1 Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
多多少少
duō duō shǎo shǎo
  1. 1 to some extent
  2. 2 more or less
多退少补
duō tuì shǎo bǔ
  1. 1 (after a sum has been paid in advance) to refund (in case of overpayment) or be reimbursed (in case of underpayment)

Idioms (13)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
少成多
shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
  1. 1 unable to plan
  2. 2 inept at strategy (idiom)
积少成多
jī shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great.
  2. 2 Many little drops make an ocean. (idiom)
酒逢知己千杯少
jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo
  1. 1 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
  2. 2 when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down

Sample Sentences

可能他真的是封建社会大户人家的少爷吧！要不他怎么会知道这么多？
to be able to tā zhēnde shì fēngjiàn shèhuì dàhù rénjiā de shàoye ba ！yàobu tā zénme huì zhīdào zhème duō ？
Maybe he really was a young scion of a powerful family in feudal society. Otherwise, how would he know so much?
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连你这少爷公子哥都能意识到问题，想咱们英明的领导不会没个警觉的，放心吧，船到桥头自然直。
lián nǐ zhè shǎoyégōngzǐgē dōu néng yìshidào wèntí ，xiǎng zánmen yīngmíng de lǐngdǎo bùhuì méi gè jǐngjué de ，fàngxīn ba ，chuándàoqiáotóuzìránzhí 。
If even a little rich boy like you is able to realize this problem, I think our wise leaders must be alert to it, relax, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
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