Few in Chinese (Mandarin): 少 (shǎo)
少
shǎo
few
- Simplified
- 少
- Traditional
- 少
- Pinyin
- shǎo
- Typed as
- shao
Use it in a sentence
天上的云很少。
天上的雲很少。
There are few clouds in the sky.
The characters in 少
少
Few, little. 小 (small) with a stroke underneath.
4 strokes
Third tone. It is the opposite of 多 (duō). Less is 少一点 (shǎo yìdiǎn).
More examples with 少
我的糖很少。
Wǒ de táng hěn shǎo.
I have only a little candy.
少吃糖。
Shǎo chī táng.
Eat less candy.
How to write 少 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
少 4 strokes
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