No. 964 in Vietnamese
tiểu
"Tiểu" in Vietnamese means "small" or "minor."
In a sentence
Từ nhỏ, tôi đã học tiểu học ở trường làng.
Since I was little, I attended elementary school in the village.
Here, 'tiểu' is used as a prefix in 'tiểu học', meaning 'elementary school' or 'primary education'.
Ngày xưa có một tiểu quốc nhỏ nằm bên bờ sông.
In the old days, there was a small principality by the riverside.
'Tiểu' here characterizes 'quốc' (nation) to mean 'tiểu quốc', denoting a 'small nation or principality'.
Anh ấy vừa hoàn thành một dự án quy mô tiểu.
He just completed a small-scale project.
In this instance, 'tiểu' describes 'quy mô' (scale) to indicate 'tiểu', referring to 'small-scale' in this context.
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