小说(xiǎo shuō): novel
novel
Character breakdown
Watch how each character of 小说 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.
Word information
- Pinyin
- xiǎo shuō
- Meaning
- novel
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- 小說
Appears in lessons
小说 is taught in these textbook lessons.
Example sentences
How 小说 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他喜欢看科幻小说。
tā xǐ huan kàn kē huàn xiǎo shuō
He likes reading science fiction novels.
这部小说很难读懂。
zhè bù xiǎo shuō hěn nán dú dǒng
This novel is difficult to understand.
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 小说 — tap one to open its word page.
young lady
to speak
elementary school; primary school
hour
erhua variant of 小孩
primary school student
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan,…
to hear (sth said)
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