# 少数 (shǎoshù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 少数 (shǎoshù) means “small number; few; minority”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: small number; few; minority
- Pinyin: shǎoshù (shao3 shu4)
- Traditional: 少數
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 只有少数人知道这件事。
  Zhǐyǒu shǎoshù rén zhīdào zhè jiàn shì.
  Only a few people know this matter.

## Characters

- [少](https://hanziro.com/word/shao-few/) (shǎo): few; little
- [数](https://hanziro.com/word/shu-count/) (shǔ): to count; to count as

https://hanziro.com/word/shao-shu-small-number/

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