Xiǎo Míng yǒu shí ge píngguǒ, gěi le mèimei sān ge, hái shèng jǐ ge?
Xiaoming has ten apples and gives his sister three. How many does he have left?
Tips
culture
小明 is the boy in every schoolbook problem, the Chinese John Doe, and the hero of a whole genre of jokes, 小明笑话. In exercises he often has a classmate, the girl 小红.
usage
小 + one character of a name is the usual familiar form for children and friends, as in 小燕, and 小明 is also a real given name: 李小明.
