(w)

(shǎo) few; little; lack

(w)

(shào) young

少不了 (w)

(shǎobuliǎo) cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many

少不得 (w)

(shǎobudé) cannot be avoided; cannot do without

少之又少 (w)

(shǎozhīyòushǎo) very few; very little

少先队 (w)

(shàoxiānduì) Young Pioneers (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League)

少先队员 (w)

(shàoxiānduìyuán) member of the Young Pioneers

少儿 (w)

(shàoér) child

少刻 (w)

(shǎokè) a short while; soon

少啰唆 (w)

(shǎoluōsuō) Shut up!; Stop grumbling!; Give me a break!

少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲 (w)

(shàozhuàngbùnǔlìlǎodàtúshāngbēi) if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age

少壮派 (w)

(shàozhuàngpài) young guard; young and vigorous group with new ideas; new wave

少女 (w)

(shàonǚ) maiden

少女峰 (w)

(shàonǚfēng) Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland

少女露笑脸,婚事半成全 (w)

(shàonǚlùxiàoliǎnhūnshìbànchéngquán) When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)

少奶奶 (w)

(shǎonǎinai) young lady of the house; wife of the young master

少妇 (w)

(shàofù) young married woman

少将 (w)

(shàojiàng) major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal

少尉 (w)

(shàowèi) second lieutenant (army rank)

少年 (w)

(shàonián) youngster; juvenile

少年犯 (w)

(shàoniánfàn) young criminal; juvenile delinquent

少府 (w)

(shǎofǔ) Minor Treasurer in Imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]

少成多 (w)

(shǎochéngduō) Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle

少放 (w)

(shǎofàng) to add less (of a spice etc)

少数 (w)

(shǎoshù) small number; few; minority

少数民族 (w)

(shǎoshùmínzú) national minority; ethnic group

少数民族乡 (w)

(shǎoshùmínzúxiāng) ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)

少有 (w)

(shǎoyǒu) rare; infrequent

少林 (w)

(shàolín) the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school

少林寺 (w)

(shàolínsì) Buddhist monastery famous for its kungfu monks

少林武功 (w)

(shǎolínwǔgōng) Shaolin martial arts

少校 (w)

(shàoxiào) junior ranking officer in Chinese army; major; lieutenant commander

少爷 (w)

(shàoye) son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorary)

少男少女 (w)

(shàonánshàonǚ) boys and girls; teenagers

少突胶质 (w)

(shǎotūjiāozhì) oligodendrocytes (Greek: cells with few branches), a type of cell in central nervous system; oligodendroglia

少管闲事 (w)

(shǎoguǎnxiánshì) Mind your own business!; Don't interfere!

少见 (w)

(shǎojiàn) rare; not familiar (to the speaker); sth rarely experience; hard to see

少见多怪 (w)

(shǎojiànduōguài) lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience; naive expression of excitement due to ignorance

少许 (w)

(shǎoxǔ) a little; a few

少说为佳 (w)

(shǎoshuōwéijiā) Few words are best.; Brevity is the soul of wit.

少量 (w)

(shǎoliàng) a smidgen; a little bit; a few

少间 (w)

(shǎojiàn) soon; a short while; a narrow gap; slightly better (state of health)

少阳病 (w)

(shǎoyángbìng) name of disease in traditional Chinese medicine

少阳经 (w)

(shǎoyángjīng) one of the channels of traditional Chinese medicine

少顷 (w)

(shǎoqǐng) in a short while; presently