Chinese word dictionary

少尉

shào wèi · second lieutenant (army rank)

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Word information

Simplified少尉

Traditional少尉

Pinyinshào wèi

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

少shǎo

few, little; less; inadequate

尉wèi

officer, military rank

How to learn 少尉

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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多少duōshao

how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

少shǎo

few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom

减少jiǎnshǎo

to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

缺少quēshǎo

lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack

少见shǎojiàn

rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you

少量shǎoliàng

a smidgen; a little bit; a few