稍

Somewhat in Chinese: 稍 (shāo)

shāo

somewhat

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Definitions

  1. 1somewhat
  2. 2a little

Stroke order

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稍

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄕㄠ

shāo

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 请稍等一下，我马上回来。

    qǐng shāo děng yí xià， wǒ mǎ shàng huí lái。

    Please wait a moment; I'll be right back.

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Related words

稍微

shāo wēi

a little bit

稍后

shāo hòu

in a little while

稍候

shāo hòu

to wait a moment

稍稍

shāo shāo

somewhat

舍得

shě de

to be willing to part with sth

设想

shè xiǎng

to imagine

社

shè

(bound form) society

社区

shè qū

community

射

shè

to shoot

摄像

shè xiàng

to videotape

摄像机

shè xiàng jī

video camera

摄影师

shè yǐng shī

photographer

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