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From :   Shelby LaMonica

Date : 2009-03-02 / 03:08AM

Hello again benny!

Well, I know that in Mandarin the word “xiao” means small and it also means smile, if I am correct.

But which one is 3 tone and which one is 4th tone?

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-03-02 / 03:49PM

Hi Shelby, the word for small has third tone which is “xiǎo”. The word for smile is “xiào” which is the fourth tone.

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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-03-03 / 01:27AM

“wei xiao” also means smile

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