少数
shǎo shùㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: THIỂU SỐ
Traditional: 少數
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 4
Meaning(numeral)
small number; few; minority
Opposite: 多数. 少数民族 = ethnic minority.
Examples
只有少数人反对。
zhǐ yǒu shǎo shù rén fǎn duì.
Only a few people are against it.
越南有很多少数民族。
yuè nán yǒu hěn duō shǎo shù mín zú.
Vietnam has many ethnic minorities.
少数服从多数。
shǎo shù fú cóng duō shù.
The minority yields to the majority.
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Stroke order
THIẾU · 4 strokes
few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
SÁC · 13 strokes
to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list
Related words
- 多少 duō shǎo — number; amount; somewhat
- 多少 duō shao — 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
- 少 shào — young
- 至少 zhì shǎo — at least; (to say the) least
- 减少 jiǎn shǎo — to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower
- 缺少 quē shǎo — lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack
- 青少年 qīng shào nián — adolescent; youth; teenager