小
卒

Foot soldier in Chinese: 小卒 (xiǎo zú)

xiǎo zú

foot soldier

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1foot soldier
  2. 2minor figure
  3. 3a nobody
  4. 4(chess) pawn

Stroke order

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小
卒

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧㄠˇ

xiǎo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄗㄨˊ

zú

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 在公司里，他不过是个无名小卒。

    zài gōng sī lǐ， tā bú guò shì gè wú míng xiǎo zú。

    At the company he is just a nobody.

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Related words

小

xiǎo

small

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

小说

xiǎo shuō

novel

缩小

suō xiǎo

to reduce

小吃

xiǎo chī

snack

小麦

xiǎo mài

wheat

小气

xiǎo qì

stingy

小偷

xiǎo tōu

thief

小学

xiǎo xué

elementary school

从小

cóng xiǎo

from childhood

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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