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小说 xiǎo shuō

HSK 4 word · traditional 小說

Meanings

• novel
• fiction

Characters

• 小 xiǎo: small
• 说 shuō: to speak; to talk; to say

Example sentences

这部小说很难读懂。
It is difficult to understand this novel.
Tatoeba #478839 by biglion (CC BY 2.0 FR)

我在读短篇小说。
I am reading short stories.
Tatoeba #1946808 by bigfatpanda (CC BY 2.0 FR)

我爱看小说。
I love reading novels.
Tatoeba #6382731 by mervert1 (CC BY 2.0 FR)

Meanings and readings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).