how to write shao(few) in chinese

少

Handwriting

Basic explanations

adj. （数量小） few; little; less:

1.  少出差错
made fewer mistakes;

2.  少说空话
renounce empty talk;

3.  以少胜多
defeat the many with the few;

4.  留下吃饭的人很少。
Only a few stayed for dinner.

5.  你应该少喝酒。
You should drink less.

6.  9比7少2。
Seven is two less than nine.

7.  少花钱， 多办事。
Get more done on less money.

8.  现在我工作中困难少些了。
Now I meet with fewer difficulties in my work.

9.  最近我们很少见到他。
We've seen very little of him lately.

v. （不够原有或应有的数目; 缺少） be short; lack:

1.  缺医少药
be short of doctors and medicine;

2.  还少一双筷子。
We still lack a pair of chopsticks.

3.  我们还少两把椅子。
We've still two chairs short.

4.  我们少一个好的守门员。
We lack a good goalkeeper.

5.  账算错了，少一块钱。
This account is wrong; we're one yuan short.

v. （丢; 遗失） lose; be missing:

1.  看看少不少人。
See if anyone is missing.

2.  少了一本书。
One book is missing.

3.  他屋里少了东西。
He had lost sth. in his house.

4.  羊群里少了几只羊。
A few sheep have been lost from the flock.

5.  这里肯定少了一个字。
Surely, there's a word missing here.

v. （不要） stop; quit:

1.  少废话!
Stop talking rubbish!

2.  少给我装蒜！
Stop pretending!

3.  少来这一套。
Cut it out.; Quit that!

adv. （稀有） seldom:

1.  少见
seldom seen; unique; rare

adv. （暂时; 稍微） a little while; a moment:

1.  请少候。
Wait a moment, please.

Words with the chinese character shao(少)

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