小说

Character by character

• 小xiǎo3 strokesHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
• 说shuō9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 說speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 小说. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 说shuōHSK 1

  to speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off; (bound form) theory; doctrine

• 小xiǎoHSK 1

  small; tiny; few; young

• 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1

  hour

• 说话shuō huàHSK 1

  to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 听说tīng shuōHSK 2

  to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking

• 小心xiǎo xīnHSK 2

  to be careful; to take care

• 小姐xiǎo jieHSK 1

  young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute

• 小组xiǎo zǔHSK 2

  group

• 说实话shuō shí huàHSK 6

  to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly

• 说法shuō faHSK 5

  way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

• 再说zài shuōHSK 6

  to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides

• 比如说bǐ rú shuōHSK 2

  for example

• 小时候xiǎo shí houHSK 2

  in one's childhood

• 传说chuán shuōHSK 3

  legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

• 也就是说yě jiù shì shuōHSK 7

  in other words; that is to say; so; thus

• 据说jù shuōHSK 3

  it is said that; reportedly

• 大小dà xiǎoHSK 2

  dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority

• 小学xiǎo xuéHSK 1

  elementary school; primary school

• 小伙子xiǎo huǒ ziHSK 4

  young man; young guy; lad; youngster

• 小朋友xiǎo péng yǒuHSK 1

  child

• 从小cóng xiǎoHSK 2

  from childhood; from a young age

• 说不定shuō bu dìngHSK 4

  can't say for sure; maybe

• 说服shuō fúHSK 4

  to persuade; to convince; to talk sb over; Taiwan pr. [shuì fú]