| 1 | 小 | 小 | xiǎo | xiao3 | small; tiny; few; young | | |
| 2 | 大小 | 大小 | dà xiǎo | da4 xiao3 | dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority | | |
| 3 | 小时 | 小時 | xiǎo shí | xiao3 shi2 | hour; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 4 | 小说 | 小說 | xiǎo shuō | xiao3 shuo1 | novel; fiction; Classifiers: 本 | | |
| 5 | 小组 | 小組 | xiǎo zǔ | xiao3 zu3 | group | | |
| 6 | 小学 | 小學 | xiǎo xué | xiao3 xue2 | elementary school; primary school; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 7 | 小姐 | 小姐 | xiǎo jie | xiao3 jie5 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 8 | 小伙子 | 小伙子 | xiǎo huǒ zi | xiao3 huo3 zi5 | young man; young guy; lad; youngster; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 9 | 小孩 | 小孩 | xiǎo hái | xiao3 hai2 | child; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 10 | 小麦 | 小麥 | xiǎo mài | xiao3 mai4 | wheat; Classifiers: 粒 | | |
| 11 | 缩小 | 縮小 | suō xiǎo | suo1 xiao3 | to reduce; to decrease; to shrink | | |
| 12 | 从小 | 從小 | cóng xiǎo | cong2 xiao3 | from childhood; from a young age | | |
| 13 | 邓小平 | 鄧小平 | dèng xiǎo píng | Deng4 Xiao3 ping2 | Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics" | | |
| 14 | 减小 | 減小 | jiǎn xiǎo | jian3 xiao3 | to reduce; to decrease; to diminish | | |
| 15 | 小孩子 | 小孩子 | xiǎo hái zi | xiao3 hai2 zi5 | child | | |
| 16 | 最小 | 最小 | zuì xiǎo | zui4 xiao3 | least; smallest | | |
| 17 | 小心 | 小心 | xiǎo xīn | xiao3 xin1 | to be careful; to take care | | |
| 18 | 小子 | 小子 | xiǎo zǐ | xiao3 zi3 | (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) | | |
| 19 | 小子 | 小子 | xiǎo zi | xiao3 zi5 | (coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow | | |
| 20 | 小于 | 小於 | xiǎo yú | xiao3 yu2 | less than, < | | |
| 21 | 小型 | 小型 | xiǎo xíng | xiao3 xing2 | small scale; small size | | |
| 22 | 微小 | 微小 | wēi xiǎo | wei1 xiao3 | minute (i.e. extremely small); infinitesimal | | |
| 23 | 小学生 | 小學生 | xiǎo xué shēng | xiao3 xue2 sheng1 | primary school student; schoolchild; Classifiers: 个 ; (fig.) beginner | | |
| 24 | 小事 | 小事 | xiǎo shì | xiao3 shi4 | to belittle; to look down upon; to despise; trifle; trivial matter; Classifiers: 点 | | |
| 25 | 小球 | 小球 | xiǎo qiú | xiao3 qiu2 | sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls; see also 大球 | | |