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少儿 (shào ér): Child (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

少儿 consists of 2 characters.

少 • shào • few • HSK 3.0 · L1

HSK 3.0 · L1

shào少

few

儿 • ér • child, son

ér儿

child, son

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Pinyinshào ér

Meaningchild

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 6

SyntaxNoun

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More common words that include characters from 少儿.

Words with 少

多少duō shaohow much/many?
减少jiǎn shǎoto reduce; to cut back; decrease
少年shào niánearly youth
少数shǎo shùsmall number
少见shǎo jiànrare; seldom seen
少量shǎo liànga smidgen
缺少quē shǎolack
至少zhì shǎoat least

Words with 儿

儿子ér zison
哪儿nǎ erwhere?
女儿nǚ érdaughter
这儿zhè rhere
那儿

nà r

there

一点儿yī diǎn era bit

好玩儿hǎo wán rfun; interesting; amusing

有点儿yǒu diǎn rslightly

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Example Sentences with 少儿

zhè这

jiā家

shū书

diàn店

yǒu有

yí一

gè个

shào少

ér儿

yuè阅

dú读

qū区

。

This bookstore has a children's reading area.

zhōu周

mò末

，

tú图

shū书

guǎn馆

jǔ举

bàn办

shào少

ér

zhè这

tào套

shào少

ér儿

jiào教

cái材

yǔ语

yán言

jiǎn简

儿

huì绘

huà画

huó活

dòng动

。

On weekends, the library holds children's drawing activities.

dān

单

，

tú图

huà画

yě也

hěn很

qīng清

chu楚

。

This set of children's teaching materials uses simple language, and the pictures are clear.