xiǎo yú
less than
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他的年龄小于30岁。
Tā de niánlíng xiǎoyú 30 suì.
He is younger than 30 years old.
这个价格小于市场价。
Zhège jiàgé xiǎoyú shìchǎng jià.
This price is lower than the market price.
这个数字小于100。
Zhège shùzì xiǎoyú 100.
This number is less than 100.
少于 (shǎo yú)
less than
不及 (bù jí)
not as much as
大于 (dà yú)
greater than
等于 (děng yú)
equal to
The Chinese character 小 (xiǎo) means "small" or "little". It is composed of two parts: the radical 少 (shǎo), which means "few" or "less", and a phonetic component 幺 (yāo), which has no meaning on its own but is used to indicate the pronunciation of the character. The character 于 (yú) means "than" or "compared to". It is composed of two parts: the radical 斤 (jīn), which means "axe" or "weapon", and a phonetic component 乎 (hū), which has no meaning on its own but is used to indicate the pronunciation of the character.The combination of 小 and 于 forms the word 小于 (xiǎo yú), which means "less than" or "smaller than". It is used to compare two things and indicate that one is smaller or less than the other. For example, the sentence "这本书小于那本书" (zhè běn shū xiǎo yú nà běn shū) means "This book is smaller than that book".
