少 shǎo

1. shǎo adjective few
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: In the sense of 不多 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adj 1; Unihan '少')
2. shǎo verb to decrease; to lessen; to lose
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: In the sense of 丟失 (Guoyu '少' shǎo v 3)
3. shǎo adverb slightly; somewhat
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 略微 or 稍微 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adv 3)
4. shǎo verb to be inadequate; to be insufficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 不夠 (Guoyu '少' shǎo v 1; Unihan '少')
5. shǎo verb to be less than
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '少' shǎo v 2)
6. shǎo verb to despise; to scorn; to look down on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 轻视 (Guoyu '少' shǎo v 4)
7. shǎo adverb short-term
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不久 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adv 1)
8. shǎo adverb infrequently
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 不经常 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adv 2)
9. shǎo adverb slightly; somewhat
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 略微 or 稍微 (Guoyu '少' shǎo adv 2)
10. shào adjective young
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 年幼 or 年轻 (Guoyu '少' shào adj 1)
11. shào noun youth
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 年轻的时候 (Guoyu '少' shào n 1)
12. shào noun a youth; a young person
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 年轻人 (Guoyu '少' shào n 2)
13. shào proper noun Shao
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '少' shào n 3)
14. shǎo adjective few
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: alpa, Japanese: shou (BCSD '少', p. 398; MW 'alpa'; SH '少', p. 148; Unihan '少')

Contained in

• 多一分礼貌 少一分冲动 多一分公义 少一分特权 多一分服务 少一分自私 多一分慈悲 少一分瞋恚(多一分禮貌 少一分衝動 多一分公義 少一分特權 多一分服務 少一分自私 多一分慈悲 少一分瞋恚) Be a little more polite and a little less impulsive. Be a little more just and a little less privileged. Be a little more of service and a little less selfish. Be a little more compassionate and a little less angry.
• 回少向多 dedicating the few to the many
• 了却人间多少事 笑开天下古今愁(了却人間多少事 笑開天下古今愁) See through the many mundane affairs, Laugh away sorrows past and present.
• 少善根 few good roots; little virtue
• 少欲 few desires
• 少室六门(少室六門) Shao Shi Liu Men
• 无少分实义(無少分實義) not the least aspect of reality
• 回向; 1. 回事向理2. 回因向果 3. 回自向他 4. 回小向大 5. 回少向多 6. 回劣向胜 (回向; 1. 回事向理2. 回因向果 3. 回自向他 4. 回小向大 5. 回少向多 6. 回劣向勝 ) Dedication: 1. Dedicating phenomena to the absolute; 2. Dedicating cause to effect; 3. Dedicating self to others; 4. Dedicating the small to the large; 5. Dedicating the few to the many; 6. Dedication of the inferior to the superior
• 少康 Shao Kang
• 少字学于先师般若瞿沙(少字學於先師般若瞿沙) when young studied under the former teacher Prajnaghosa

Also contained in

少壮派 、 年少无知 、 后少帝 、 少儿不宜 、 少吴绫 、 老少皆宜 、 必不可少组成 、 人烟稀少 、 少数民族 、 少男少女 、 少年之家 、 少林拳 、 不可缺少 、 少管闲事 、 积少成多 、 老来少 、 少间 、 少刻 、 少许 、 少见多怪 、 或多或少 、 少年宫 、 必不可少 、 少林 、 鲜少 、 陆军少将 、 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲 、 少之又少 、 寡见少闻 、 少根筋 、 少女 、 少无适俗韵 、 少年犯 、 少不得 、 不少 、 少安毋躁 、 花有重开日，人无再少年 、 老少咸宜 、 少阳经 、 少妇 、 宋少帝

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 103 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 99 , has parallel version
• Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 90
• Scroll 149 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 78
• Scroll 9 Śāriputrābhidharmaśāstra (Shelifu Apitan Lun) 舍利弗阿毘曇論 — count: 74
• Scroll 29 Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (Da Zhi Du Lun) 大智度論 — count: 72 , has English translation
• Scroll 9 Abhidharmaprakaraṇapādaśāstra (Zhong Shi Fen Apitan Lun) 眾事分阿毘曇論 — count: 69
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 66
• Scroll 154 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 66
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 59
• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 57

Collocations

• 色少 (色少) 觀外色少 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 9 — count: 22
• 食少 (食少) 其食少者 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 19
• 少色 (少色) 或言少色是我 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 11
• 少病 (少病) 多病少病 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 8
• 少因缘 (少因緣) 見五百末羅以少因緣 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 4 — count: 8
• 少分 (少分) 我今須往盜其少分 — The Story of the Two Brahmins Vāsiṣṭa and Bhāradvāja (Baiyi Jin Chuang Er Poluomen Yuanqi Jing) 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
• 病少 (病少) 多病少病 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 13 — count: 7
• 少修善 (少修善) 我等由少修善行 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 6 — count: 5
• 少恼 (少惱) 少病少惱 — Sutra on Śakra's Questions (Dishi Suo Wen Jing) 帝釋所問經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 少多 (少多) 雖復少多得上人勝法 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 17 — count: 5