small in number in Chinese

少

HSK 3.0 · Level 1

shǎo

few
less
to lack
to be missing
to stop (doing sth)
seldom

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Example sentences

tuìxiū 退休 hòu 后 tā 他 de 的 shōurù 收入 shǎo 少 le 了 yībàn 一半。

His income was diminished by half after retirement.
nǐ 你 de 的 kāfēi 咖啡 lǐ 里 yǒu 有 fēicháng 非常 shǎo 少 de 的 shuǐ 水。

There is very little water in your coffee.

Other words for small in number

轻（輕） qīng HSK 2

light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage

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