小羊 | xiǎo yáng | lamb |
小羚羊 | xiǎo líng yáng | gazelle |
小义大利 | xiǎo yì dà lì | Little Italy |
小聪明 | xiǎo cōng ming | clever-clever; clever in trivial matters; sharp but petty-minded |
小声 | xiǎo shēng | in a low voice; (speak) in whispers |
小肚鸡肠 | xiǎo dù jī cháng | lit. small belly, chicken's gut (idiom); narrow-minded; petty |
小舅子 | xiǎo jiù zi | (informal) wife's younger brother |
小舌 | xiǎo shé | uvula |
小花远志 | xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì | small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine |
小茴香 | xiǎo huí xiāng | fennel; fennel seed |
小菜 | xiǎo cài | appetizer; small side dish; easy job; piece of cake; see also 小菜一碟 |
小菜一碟 | xiǎo cài yī dié | a small appetizer; a piece of cake; very easy (idiom) |
小菜儿 | xiǎo càir | erhua variant of 小菜 |
小菜碟儿 | xiǎo cài diér | erhua variant of 小菜一碟 |
小葱 | xiǎo cōng | shallot; spring onion; CL:把 |
小薰 | xiǎo xūn | Xiao Xun (Taiwan actress, 1989-) |
小苏打粉 | xiǎo sū dá fěn | baking soda |
小兰 | Xiǎo lán | Xiaolan (person name) |
小蜜 | xiǎo mì | (derog.) a girlfriend of a married man; (lit.) little secret |
小蠹 | xiǎo dù | bark beetle (zoology) |
小行星带 | xiǎo xíng xīng dài | asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter |
小冲突 | xiǎo chōng tū | skirmish |
小袋 | xiǎo dài | pouch |
小袋鼠 | xiǎo dài shǔ | wallaby; pademelon |
小视 | xiǎo shì | to belittle; to look down upon; to despise |
小觑 | xiǎo qù | to despise; to have contempt for |
小计 | xiǎo jì | subtotal |
小豆蔻 | xiǎo dòu kòu | Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum) |
小猫 | xiǎo māo | kitten |
小贝 | Xiǎo bèi | "Becks", nickname of British footballer David Beckham (see 贝克汉姆) |
小货车 | xiǎo huò chē | pickup truck |
小费 | xiǎo fèi | tip |
小资 | xiǎo zī | petit bourgeois; yuppie; abbr. of 小资产阶级 |
小卖部 | xiǎo mài bù | kiosk; snack counter; retail department or section inside a larger business |
小赤壁 | Xiǎo chì bì | Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭, Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan |
小起重机 | xiǎo qǐ zhòng jī | jack |
小路 | xiǎo lù | lane |
小轮车 | xiǎo lún chē | cycling BMX |
小游 | xiǎo yóu | outing; short trip |
小道新闻 | xiǎo dào xīn wén | news from the grapevine |
小酌 | xiǎo zhuó | drinks with snacks |
小野不由美 | Xiǎo yě Bù yóu měi | Ono Fuyumi (1960-), Japanese novelist |
小金库 | xiǎo jīn kù | supplementary cash reserve; private fund; private hoard; slush fund |
小金县 | Xiǎo jīn xiàn | Xiaojin county (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan |
小钢球 | xiǎo gāng qiú | iron pellet; shrapnel |
小铲子 | xiǎo chǎn zi | trowel |
小阿姨 | xiǎo ā yí | auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family |
小除夕 | xiǎo chú xī | the day before New Year's Eve |
小雁塔 | Xiǎo yàn tǎ | Xiaoyan pagoda in Xi'an |
小鸡 | xiǎo jī | chick |