# 小说 (xiǎoshuō)

In Mandarin Chinese, 小说 (xiǎoshuō) means “novel; fiction”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: novel; fiction
- Pinyin: xiǎoshuō (xiao3 shuo1)
- Traditional: 小說
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4
- Measure word: 本、部

## Examples

- 我昨天买了一本小说。
  Wǒ zuótiān mǎile yī běn xiǎoshuō.
  I bought an interesting novel yesterday.

## Characters

- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- [说](https://hanziro.com/word/shuo-speak/) (shuō): to speak; to say

https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-shuo-novel/

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