少
女

Girl in Chinese: 少女 (shào nǚ)

shào nǚ

girl

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1girl
  2. 2young lady

Stroke order

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少
女

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄠˋ

shào

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄋㄩˇ

nǚ

ㄋ/ nㄩ/ üˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 那个少女正在花园里唱歌。

    nà ge shào nǚ zhèng zài huā yuán lǐ chàng gē。

    That young girl is singing in the garden.

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Related words

少

shǎo

few

女

nǚ

female

多少

duō shǎo

number

女儿

nǚ ér

daughter

女人

nǚ rén

woman

减少

jiǎn shǎo

to lessen

缺少

quē shǎo

lack

至少

zhì shǎo

at least

妇女

fù nǚ

woman

女士

nǚ shì

lady

女生

nǚ shēng

schoolgirl

不少

bù shǎo

many

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