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小xiǎosmall

Theme
Adjectives
Level
First words
Strokes
3
Syllable
xiao

How 小 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

小 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 小

Examples

我的家很小。

Wǒ de jiā hěn xiǎo.

My home is very small.

  • 我wǒI
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 家jiāhome
  • 很hěnvery
  • 小xiǎosmall

他的手机很小。

Tā de shǒujī hěn xiǎo.

His phone is very small.

  • 他tāhe
  • 的depossessive particle
  • 手机shǒujīcell phone
  • 很hěnvery
  • 小xiǎosmall

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 少
  • 尔
  • 水shuǐwater