# 小于 (xiǎoyú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 小于 (xiǎoyú) means “to be less than”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to be less than
- Pinyin: xiǎoyú (xiao3 yu2)
- Traditional: 小於
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 三是一个小于五的数字。
  Sān shì yí gè xiǎoyú wǔ de shùzì.
  Three is a number less than five.

## Characters

- [小](https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-small/) (xiǎo): small; little
- [于](https://hanziro.com/word/yu-in/) (yú): (preposition) in; at

https://hanziro.com/word/xiao-yu-be-less-than/

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