# 小声 (xiǎoshēng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 小声 (xiǎoshēng) means “in a low voice; quietly”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: in a low voice; quietly
- Pinyin: xiǎoshēng (xiao3 sheng1)
- Traditional: 小聲
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 请你小声说话。
  Qǐng nǐ xiǎoshēng shuōhuà.
  Please speak in a low voice.

## Characters

- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- [声](https://hanziro.com/word/sheng-sound-voice/) (shēng): sound, voice; (measure word) for sounds

https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-sheng-in-low-voice/

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