Chinese symbol for “refrain”
少来
shǎo lái
Traditional: 少來
refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it!
The closest CC-CEDICT match for refrain is 少来 (shǎo lái), defined as: refrain (from doing sth); (coll.) Come on!; Give me a break!; Save it!.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “refrain”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 敛迹 (斂跡) | liǎn jì | to refrain; to give up evil (temporarily) |
| 副歌 | fù gē | chorus; refrain |
| 忍得住 | rěn de zhù | to refrain; to be able to endure it |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 少来.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 减少 (減少) | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least; (to say the) least |
| 不少 | bù shǎo | many; quite a few; a good number of |
| 少数 (少數) | shǎo shù | small number; few |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 出来 (出來) | chū lái | to come out; to appear |
| 来自 (來自) | lái zì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “refrain”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.