筲
pot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips; basket (container) for chopsticks; variant of 筲[shao1]
勺
spoon; ladle; CL:把[ba3]; abbr. for 公勺[gong1 shao2], centiliter (unit of volume)
召
surname Shao; name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province
少
few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
捎
to bring sth to sb; to deliver
旓
serrated edges on a Chinese flag
潲
driving rain; to sprinkle
焼
old variant of 燒|烧[shao1]
烧
to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head
绍
to continue; to carry on
芍
Chinese peony; Paeonia albiflora or lactiflora
邵
surname Shao; place name
韶
(music); excellent; harmonious
髾
tail of a comet; long hair
勺嘴鹬
(bird species of China) spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)
勺子
scoop; ladle; CL:把[ba3]
勺鸡
(bird species of China) koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha)
召陵
Shaoling district of Luohe city 漯河市[Luo4 he2 shi4], Henan
召陵区
Shaoling district of Luohe city 漯河市[Luo4 he2 shi4], Henan
哨所
watchhouse; sentry post
少不了
cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many
少不得
cannot be avoided; cannot do without
少之又少
very few; very little
少来
refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it!
少先队
Young Pioneers of China, abbr. for 少年先鋒隊|少年先锋队[Shao4 nian2 Xian1 feng1 dui4]
少儿不宜
not suitable for children
少块肉
(coll.) (usually used in the negative) (can't) hurt (to do sth); (won't) hurt (to do sth)
少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲
if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age
少壮派
young guard; young and vigorous group with new ideas; new wave
少女峰
Jungfrau, peak in Switzerland
少女露笑脸,婚事半成全
When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
少奶奶
young lady of the house; wife of the young master
少安毋躁
keep calm, don't get excited; don't be impatient
少安无躁
variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4]
少将
major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal
少尉
second lieutenant (army rank)
少年之家
children's center; children's club
少年先锋队
Young Pioneers of China (primary school league, a preparation for Communist Youth League); abbr. to 少先隊|少先队
少年宫
Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurricular activities
少年犯
young criminal; juvenile delinquent
少年老成
accomplished though young; lacking youthful vigor
少府
Minor Treasurer in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
少成多
Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle
少放
to add less (of a spice etc)
少数
small number; few; minority
少数民族
national minority; ethnic group
少数民族乡
ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)
少东
boss's son; young master
少林
the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
少林寺
Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
少校
junior ranking officer in Chinese army; major; lieutenant commander
少根筋
(coll.) dim-witted; foolish; absent-minded
少爷
son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific)
少男少女
boys and girls; teenagers
少突胶质
oligodendrocytes (Greek: cells with few branches), a type of cell in central nervous system; oligodendroglia
少管闲事
Mind your own business!; Don't interfere!
少艾
young and pretty; pretty girl
少见
rare; not familiar (to the speaker); sth rarely experience; hard to see
少见多怪
lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience; naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
少说为佳
Few words are best.; Brevity is the soul of wit.
少选
(literary) a little while
少量
a smidgen; a little bit; a few
少间
soon; a short while; a narrow gap; slightly better (state of health)
少阳病
name of disease in TCM
少阳经
one of the channels of TCM
少顷
in a short while; presently
捎来
to bring sth to sb (news etc)
捎信
to take a letter; to send word
梢公
variant of 艄公[shao1 gong1]
烧利市
(old) to burn paper money as an offering
烧到
to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
烧包
to forget oneself in extravagance; to burn money
烧味
siu mei; spit-roasted meat dish in Cantonese cuisine
烧夷弹
fire bomb; incendiary device
烧水
to heat water; to boil water
烧火
to light a fire for cooking
烧灼
to burn; to scorch; to cauterize
烧灼伤
burn (injury); scorching
烧炭
to manufacture charcoal; to burn charcoal (often a reference to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
烧焦
to burn; to scorch; burned; burning; scorched; charred
烧纸
to burn paper offerings (as part of religious ceremony)
烧结
to sinter; to agglomerate ore by burning
烧腊
barbecue (Cantonese style)
烧荒
to clear waste land or forest by burning; slash-and-burn (agriculture)
烧卖
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒麥|烧麦[shao1 mai4]
烧酒
name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3]
烧钱
to burn joss paper; (fig.) to flush money down the toilet
烧锅
a still (for distilling alcohol)
烧饼
baked sesame seed-coated cake
烧香拜佛
to burn incense and worship Buddha
烧高香
to burn incense; to thank profusely
烧麦
shumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling; also written 燒賣|烧卖[shao1 mai4]
稍嫌
more than one would wish; somewhat; a bit too (old, contrived, distracting etc)
稍安勿躁
variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4]
稍安毋躁
variant of 少安毋躁[shao3 an1 wu2 zao4]
稍后
in a little while; in a moment; later on
稍息
Stand at ease! (military); Taiwan pr. [shao1 xi1]
稍稍
somewhat; a little; slightly
稍食
(old) monthly salary of an official
筲箕
bamboo basket for rice-washing
绍兴
Shaoxing prefecture level city in Zhejiang
绍兴地区
Shaoxing prefecture, Zhejiang
绍兴市
Shaoxing prefecture level city in Zhejiang
绍兴酒
Shaoxing wine a.k.a. 'yellow wine', traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat
绍莫吉州
Somogy county in southwest Hungary, capital 考波什堡[Kao3 bo1 shi2 bao3]
芍药
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora); common herbaceous peony; peony used in TCM
邵伯湖
Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province
邵族
Thao, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
邵东
Shaodong county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shao4 yang2], Hunan
邵东县
Shaodong county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shao4 yang2], Hunan
邵武
Shaowu county level city in Nanping 南平[Nan2 ping2] Fujian
邵武市
Shaowu county level city in Nanping 南平[Nan2 ping2] Fujian
邵逸夫
Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon
邵阳
Shaoyang prefecture level city in Hunan
邵阳地区
Shaoyang prefecture in Hunan
邵阳市
Shaoyang prefecture level city in Hunan
邵阳县
Shaoyang county in Shaoyang 邵陽|邵阳[Shao4 yang2], Hunan
邵雍
Shao Yong (1011-1077), Northern Song poet and Rationalist scholar 理學家|理学家
邵飘萍
Shao Piaoping (1884-1926), pioneer of journalism and founder of newspaper Beijing Press 京報|京报, executed in 1926 by warlord Zhang Zuolin 張作霖|张作霖
韶山
Shaoshan county level city in Xiangtan 湘潭[Xiang1 tan2], Hunan
韶山市
Shaoshan county level city in Xiangtan 湘潭[Xiang1 tan2], Hunan
韶关
Shaoguan prefecture level city in Guangdong
韶关地区
Shaoguan prefecture in Guangdong
韶关市
Shaoguan prefecture level city in Guangdong province