小事 meaning in English

xiǎoshì

trifle; trivial matter

11 strokes

Meaning of 小事

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiǎoshì
  1. trifle
  2. trivial matter

Measure word: 點|点

小事 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

别bié为wèi了le这zhè样yàng的de小xiǎo事shì麻má烦fán你nǐ父fù母mǔ。
Don't bother your parents with such a pointless thing.
大dà事shì化huà小xiǎo,小xiǎo事shì化huà无wú。
Turn big problems into small ones, and make small problems into nothing.
他tā们men总zǒng是shì为wèi了le小xiǎo事shì吵chǎo架jià。
They always fight over little things.
因yīn为wèi一yī些xiē小xiǎo事shì故gù,两liǎng、三sān班bān机jī被bèi延yán迟chí了le。
A couple of flights were delayed on account of a minor accident.
我wǒ有yǒu点diǎn儿ér小xiǎo事shì情qíng想xiǎng请qǐng你nǐ帮bāng忙máng。
I need a little help from you.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

小 xiǎo · small · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

事 shì · matter · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

Related words

Words that share a character with 小事.

小姐xiǎojiěyoung lady; miss
小时xiǎoshíhour
小朋友xiǎopéngyǒuchild; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to
没事儿méishìrto have spare time; free from work
小学xiǎoxuéelementary school; primary school
小孩儿xiǎoháirerhua variant of 小孩[xiao3 hai2]
小学生xiǎoxuéshēngprimary school student; schoolchild
事情shìqingaffair; matter; thing; business
小心xiǎoxīnto be careful; to take care
故事gùshiold practice
好事hǎoshìgood action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity
同事tóngshìcolleague; co-worker

Questions about 小事

What does 小事 mean?

小事 (xiǎoshì) means "trifle; trivial matter".

How do you write 小事?

小事 is made of 2 characters: 小 (3 strokes), 事 (8 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.