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小说

小說
xiǎoshuō
noun HSK 4 #2,478

Measure Word

一本小说 běn

Meanings

  1. 1 novel
  2. 2 fiction

Characters

小
xiǎo
small; minor
说
shuō
to speak; to say
Literally 'small talk' - historically, fiction was considered minor storytelling compared to serious historical writing.

Examples

HSK 1
我喜欢看小说。
Wǒ xǐhuan kàn xiǎoshuō.
I like reading novels.
HSK 1
他写了一本小说。
Tā xiě le yì běn xiǎoshuō.
He wrote a novel.
HSK 3
这本小说很有名。
Zhè běn xiǎoshuō hěn yǒumíng.
This novel is very famous.

Tips

culture
China's Four Great Classical Novels (四大名著) are 《红楼梦》, 《三国演义》, 《水浒传》, and 《西游记》. Every Chinese student reads them.

In Pop Culture

三体 Sān Tǐ
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin's sci-fi novel that won the Hugo Award and became a Netflix series

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo
说 shuō