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All HSK 3.0 Level 1 words

少

shǎo

In Mandarin Chinese, 少 (shǎo) means “few; little; to lack”. It is part of the HSK 1 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. few
  2. little
  3. to lack

Other readings: shào — young

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Examples

  • 房间里的人很少。
    Fángjiān lǐ de rén hěn shǎo.
    There are very few people in the room.

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