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Novel in Chinese: 小说 (xiǎo shuō)

xiǎo shuō

novel

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 小說2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1novel
  2. 2fiction

Stroke order

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小
说

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄒㄧㄠˇ

xiǎo

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄕㄨㄛ

shuō

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

小说

Simplified

小說

Traditional

Example sentences

See 小说 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我爱看小说。

    wǒ ài kàn xiǎo shuō。

    I love reading novels.

  • 我在读短篇小说

    wǒ zài dú duǎn piān xiǎo shuō

    I am reading short stories.

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Related words

小

xiǎo

small

说

shuō

to speak

说话

shuō huà

to speak

小姐

xiǎo jie

young lady

小时

xiǎo shí

hour

小心

xiǎo xīn

to be careful

说明

shuō míng

to explain

传说

chuán shuō

legend

胡说

hú shuō

to talk nonsense

据说

jù shuō

it is said that

说服

shuō fú

to persuade

缩小

suō xiǎo

to reduce

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