Chinese symbol for “trifle”
小事
xiǎo shì
trifle; trivial matter; 点 (diǎn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for trifle is 小事 (xiǎo shì), defined as: trifle; trivial matter; 点 (diǎn).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “trifle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 琐事 (瑣事) | suǒ shì | trifle |
| 小儿科 (小兒科) | xiǎo ér kē | pediatrics; pediatric (department) |
| 玩狎 | wán xiá | to trifle; to dally with |
| 破事 | pò shì | trivial matter; trifle |
| 芝麻小事 | zhī ma xiǎo shì | trivial matter; trifle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 小事.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 小时 (小時) | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 小说 (小說) | xiǎo shuō | novel; fiction |
| 小学 (小學) | xiǎo xué | elementary school; primary school |
| 小姐 | xiǎo jie | young lady; miss |
| 小组 (小組) | xiǎo zǔ | group |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child; 个 (gè) |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “trifle”.
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.