HSK 1 vocabularyHSK 3.0

少

shǎo

Meaning of 少 in English

shǎoHSK 1adjective, verbSyllabus #180
  1. few
  2. less
  3. seldom
  4. to lack
  5. to be missing
  6. to stop (doing sth)

Example sentences

  1. 少了一个戒指和一点现金。
    shǎo le yí gè jiè zhǐ hé yì diǎn xiàn jīn。
    A ring and some cash are missing.
    Tatoeba #469483 by fucongcong · #246272 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 欧洲的人口比亚洲少。
    ōu zhōu de rén kǒu bǐ yà zhōu shǎo。
    Europe has a smaller population than Asia.
    Tatoeba #390530 by fucongcong · #30014 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我比以前吃得少了。
    wǒ bǐ yǐ qián chī dé shǎo le。
    I don't eat as much as I used to.
    Tatoeba #8463707 by gumblex · #5193772 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences