| 小弟弟 | xiǎo dì di | little brother; penis (slang) |
| 小品 | xiǎo pǐn | short, simple literary or artistic creation; essay; skit |
| 小康 | xiǎo kāng | comparatively good living standard; a period of peace and prosperity |
| 小便 | xiǎo biàn | to urinate; to pass water; urine |
| 小城 | xiǎo chéng | small town |
| 小巧 | xiǎo qiǎo | small and exquisite; delicate; fine (features); compact; nifty |
| 小看 | xiǎo kàn | to look down on; to underestimate |
| 小心翼翼 | xiǎo xīn yì yì | cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully; prudent; gently and cautiously |
| 小老婆 | xiǎo lǎo pó | concubine; junior wife; mistress |
| 小项 | xiǎo xiàng | small item; event (of program) |
| 小吃 | xiǎo chī | snack; refreshments; CL:家 |
| 小溪 | xiǎo xī | brook; streamlet |
| 小脑 | xiǎo nǎo | cerebellum (part of the brain) |
| 小偷 | xiǎo tōu | thief |
| 小心谨慎 | xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn | cautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful |
| 小气候 | xiǎo qì hòu | microclimate; fig. local situation |
| 小雅 | xiǎo yǎ | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 诗经 |
| 小意思 | xiǎo yì si | small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) |
| 小报 | xiǎo bào | tabloid newspaper |
| 小样 | xiǎo yàng | (print.) galley proof |
| 小步舞曲 | xiǎo bù wǔ qǔ | minuet |
| 小白菜 | xiǎo bái cài | bak choy; Brassica chinensis; CL:棵 |
| 小算盘 | xiǎo suàn pán | lit. small abacus; fig. selfish calculations; bean-counting |
| 小脚 | xiǎo jiǎo | bound feet (traditional) |
| 小解 | xiǎo jiě | to urinate; to empty one's bladder |
| 小集团 | xiǎo jí tuán | faction; clique |
| 小三 | xiǎo sān | sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship; the other woman; the other man; abbr. for 第三者 |
| 小三和弦 | xiǎo sān hé xián | minor triad la-do-mi |
| 小三度 | xiǎo sān dù | minor third (musical interval) |
| 小不点 | xiǎo bu diǎn | tiny; very small; tiny thing; small child; baby |
| 小丘 | xiǎo qiū | hill; knoll |
| 小乘 | xiǎo chéng | Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras |
| 小事 | xiǎo shì | trifle; trivial matter; CL:点 |
| 小二 | xiǎo èr | waiter |
| 小亚细亚 | Xiǎo yà xì yà | Asia minor; Anatolia |
| 小人书 | xiǎo rén shū | children's picture story book; CL:本 |
| 小企业 | xiǎo qǐ yè | small enterprise |
| 小便器 | xiǎo biàn qì | urinal |
| 小便斗 | xiǎo biàn dǒu | urinal |
| 小传 | xiǎo zhuàn | sketch biography; profile |
| 小儿痲痹 | xiǎo ér má bì | variant of 小儿麻痹; infantile paralysis; polio (poliomyelitis) |
| 小儿科 | xiǎo ér kē | pediatrics; pediatric (department); (slang) childish |
| 小儿软骨病 | xiǎo ér ruǎn gǔ bìng | rickets (medicine) |
| 小儿麻痹 | xiǎo ér má bì | polio (poliomyelitis) |
| 小儿麻痹病毒 | xiǎo ér má bì bìng dú | poliovirus |
| 小儿麻痹症 | xiǎo ér má bì zhèng | poliomyelitis; infantile paralysis |
| 小两口儿 | xiǎo liǎng kǒur | young married couple |
| 小公共 | xiǎo gōng gòng | mini bus (used for public transportation) |
| 小冬 | Xiǎo dōng | Xiaodong (person name) |
| 小刀会 | xiǎo dāo huì | Dagger Society, anti-Qing secret society who mounted an unsuccessful rebellion in 1855 |
