DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

少選

简少选 · 繁少選

Mandarin · pinyin shǎo xuǎn

(literary) a little while

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

少: shǎo · few, less, inadequate
選: Look up this written character
选: xuǎn · choose, select; elect; election

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–3 · shao3 xuan3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

2character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

少選 · find source passages ↗ · 少选 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗