少 – vocab dash

少shǎo

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Meanings

1. few

2. less

3. to lack

4. to be missing

5. to stop (doing sth)

6. seldom

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Examples88

她tā的de孩子háizi不bù少shǎo于yú10个gè。

She has no less than ten children.

很hěn少shǎo有人yǒurén知道zhīdào怎么zěnme做zuò。

Few people know how to do it.

这些zhèxiē天tiān他们tāmen很hěn少shǎo看kàn电视diànshì。

They seldom watch television these days.

欧洲Ōuzhōu的de人口rénkǒu比bǐ亚洲Yàzhōu少shǎo。

Europe has a smaller population than Asia.

很hěn少shǎo学生xuésheng知道zhīdào他tā的de名字míngzi。

Few students knew his name.

你nǐ知道zhīdào的de越yuè少shǎo越yuè好hǎo，好hǎo吗ma？

The less you know, the better, OK?