Example sentences
xiǎo小jiě姐，diǎn点cài菜。
Miss, we'd like to order.
nà那wèi位xiǎo小jiě姐hěn很piāo漂liàng亮。
That young lady is pretty.
The story behind the character
小
Three dots, like grains of sand. No story here. It just means tiny. Xu Shen wrote 小, 物之微也: "small, the slightness of things." Small enough to be a few specks.