Word information
Simplified幼小
Traditional幼小
Pinyinyòu xiǎo
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed
Character breakdown
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How to learn 幼小
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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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
小xiǎo
small; tiny; few; young
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child); CL:個|个[ge4]
小时xiǎoshíhour; CL:個|个[ge4]
小学xiǎoxuéelementary school; primary school
小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student; schoolchild; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; (fig.) beginner
从小cóngxiǎofrom childhood; from a young age