稍

shāo

HSK 53 readings

“Somewhat” in Chinese is 稍 (shāo).

Other characters with the syllable shao: see all 8 →

Meaning

somewhat
a little
used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]

Example

你们能稍微讲慢点么？

Can you speak a little slower please?

From 稍微 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

shāosomewhat / a little
shàoused in 稍息

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Words containing 稍

稍微shāowēia little bitHSK 5 稍后shāohòuin a little while; shortly afterHSK 7-9 稍候shāohòuto wait a momentHSK 7-9 稍稍shāoshāosomewhatHSK 7-9

More HSK 5 characters

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