[shǎo]
[形]
（数量小） few; little; less
made fewer mistakes
少出差错
renounce empty talk
少说空话
defeat the many with the few
以少胜多
Only a few stayed for dinner.
留下吃饭的人很少。
You should drink less.
你应该少喝酒。
Seven is two less than nine.
9比7少2。
Get more done on less money.
少花钱， 多办事。
Now I meet with fewer difficulties in my work.
现在我工作中困难少些了。
We've seen very little of him lately.
最近我们很少见到他。
[动]
（不够原有或应有的数目； 缺少） be short; lack
be short of doctors and medicine
缺医少药
We still lack a pair of chopsticks.
还少一双筷子。
We've still two chairs short.
我们还少两把椅子。
We lack a good goalkeeper.
我们少一个好的守门员。
This account is wrong; we're one yuan short.
账算错了，少一块钱。
（丢； 遗失） lose; be missing
See if anyone is missing.
看看少不少人。
One book is missing.
少了一本书。
He had lost sth. in his house.
他屋里少了东西。
A few sheep have been lost from the flock.
羊群里少了几只羊。
Surely, there's a word missing here.
这里肯定少了一个字。
（不要） stop; quit
Stop talking rubbish!
少废话!
Stop pretending!
少给我装蒜！
Cut it out.; Quit that!
少来这一套。
[副]
（稀有） seldom
seldom seen; unique; rare
少见
（暂时； 稍微） a little while; a moment
Wait a moment, please.
请少候。