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little (not much) adverb [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩] | 少 /shǎo/adverb |
little (small amount) determiner [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩] | 少 /shǎo/determiner |
little [littler, littlest] (small in number, few) adjective [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩] | 一些 /yì xiē/adjective |
little [littler, littlest] (small in size) adjective [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩] | 小 /xiǎo/adjective |
little boy (a diminutive male child) noun [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˌbɔɪ] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˌbɔɪ] | 小男孩 /xiǎonánhái/noun |
little by little (a small amount at a time) adverb [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ baɪ ˈlɪt.l̩] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ baɪ ˈlɪt.l̩] | 渐渐 /jiànjiàn/adverb 漸漸adverb 逐渐 /zhújiàn/adverb 逐漸adverb |
little egret (bird) noun [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈiː.ɡret] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈiː.ɡret] | 白鷺noun 白鹭 /báilù/noun |
little emperor (spoiled child) noun | |
little finger [little fingers] (outermost and smallest finger of the hand) noun [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(r)] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈfɪŋ.ɡər] | 小拇哥 /xiǎomǔgē/noun 小拇指 /xiǎomǔzhǐ/noun 小指 /xiǎozhǐ/noun 尾指 /wěizhǐ/noun |
little girl (a female child) noun [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ ɡɜːl] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈɡɝːl] | 女孩子 /nǚháizi/noun 小女孩 /xiǎonǚhái/noun |
little green man (humorous: space alien, Martian, see also: alien) noun | 小綠人noun 小绿人 /xiǎolǜrén/noun |
Little India (an Indian district outside India) proper noun | 小印度 /Xiǎoyìndù/proper noun |
little one (term of endearment) noun | |
little one (young child) noun | 小孩子 /xiǎoháizi/noun |
little owl [little owls] (species of owl) noun [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ aʊl] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈaʊl] | 小鴞noun 小鸮 /xiǎoxiāo/noun 梟 /xiāo/noun |
Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung) proper noun | 紅寶書proper noun 红宝书 /Hóng Bǎo Shū/proper noun |
Little Red Riding Hood (a folktale) proper noun [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ red ˈraɪd.ɪŋ hʊd] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈred ˈraɪd.ɪŋ ˈhʊd] | 小紅帽proper noun 小红帽 /Xiǎo hóngmào/proper noun |
little stint (Calidris minuta) noun | |
little strokes fell great oaks (proverb) phrase [UK: ˈlɪt.l̩ strəʊks fel ˈɡreɪt əʊks] [US: ˈlɪt.l̩ stroʊks ˈfel ˈɡreɪt oʊks] | 水滴石穿 //phrase |
little toe (smallest toe of the foot) noun | 小指 /xiǎozhǐ/noun |
a little (to a small extent or degree) adverb [UK: ə ˈlɪt.l̩] [US: ə ˈlɪt.l̩] | 一点 /yīdiǎn/adverb 一点儿 /yīdiǎnr/adverb 一點adverb 一點兒adverb 有点 /yǒudiǎn/adverb 有點adverb |