| 1 | 少 | 少 | shǎo | shao3 | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | | |
| 2 | 不少 | 不少 | bù shǎo | bu4 shao3 | many; a lot; not few | | |
| 3 | 减少 | 減少 | jiǎn shǎo | jian3 shao3 | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower | | |
| 4 | 多少 | 多少 | duō shǎo | duo1 shao3 | number; amount; somewhat | | |
| 5 | 很少 | 很少 | hěn shǎo | hen3 shao3 | very little; seldom | | |
| 6 | 至少 | 至少 | zhì shǎo | zhi4 shao3 | at least; (to say the) least | | |
| 7 | 少数 | 少數 | shǎo shù | shao3 shu4 | small number; few; minority | | |
| 8 | 缺少 | 缺少 | quē shǎo | que1 shao3 | lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack | | |
| 9 | 少数民族 | 少數民族 | shǎo shù mín zú | shao3 shu4 min2 zu2 | national minority; ethnic group | | |
| 10 | 少量 | 少量 | shǎo liàng | shao3 liang4 | a smidgen; a little bit; a few | | |
| 11 | 稀少 | 稀少 | xī shǎo | xi1 shao3 | sparse; rare | | |
| 12 | 必不可少 | 必不可少 | bì bù kě shǎo | bi4 bu4 ke3 shao3 | absolutely necessary; indispensable; essential | | |
| 13 | 极少数 | 極少數 | jí shǎo shù | ji2 shao3 shu4 | extremely few; a small minority | | |
| 14 | 最少 | 最少 | zuì shǎo | zui4 shao3 | at least; minimum; lowest (amount); minimal | | |
| 15 | 或多或少 | 或多或少 | huò duō huò shǎo | huo4 duo1 huo4 shao3 | more or less | | |
| 16 | 少不了 | 少不了 | shǎo bu liǎo | shao3 bu5 liao3 | cannot do without; to be unavoidable; are bound to be many | | |
| 17 | 少见 | 少見 | shǎo jiàn | shao3 jian4 | soon; a short while; a narrow gap; slightly better (state of health); rare; not familiar (to the speaker); sth rarely experience; hard to see | | |
| 18 | 少有 | 少有 | shǎo yǒu | shao3 you3 | rare; infrequent | | |
| 19 | 酒逢知己千杯少 | 酒逢知己千杯少 | jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo | jiu3 feng2 zhi1 ji3 qian1 bei1 shao3 | a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom); when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down | | |
| 20 | 多少有些 | 多少有些 | duō shǎo yǒu xiē | duo1 shao3 you3 xie1 | somewhat; more or less | | |
| 21 | 多多少少 | 多多少少 | duō duō shǎo shǎo | duo1 duo1 shao3 shao3 | to some extent; more or less | | |
| 22 | 短少 | 短少 | duǎn shǎo | duan3 shao3 | to be short of the full amount | | |
| 23 | 寡二少双 | 寡二少雙 | guǎ èr shǎo shuāng | gua3 er4 shao3 shuang1 | peerless; second to none (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 不多不少 | 不多不少 | bù duō bù shǎo | bu4 duo1 bu4 shao3 | No more, no less | | |
| 25 | 害多利少 | 害多利少 | hài duō lì shǎo | hai4 duo1 li4 shao3 | (to do) more harm than good (idiom) | | |