Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011:
小
xiǎoI 形
1
(=不大) small
- 小毛病 xiǎo máobìng small problem
- 小床 xiǎo chuáng single bed
- 年龄(齡)小 niánlíng xiǎo
young
2 (=排行最末的) youngest
- 他的小女儿(兒)才两(兩)岁(歲)。 Tā de xiǎo nǚ’ér cái liǎng suì. His youngest daughter is only two years old.
II 副
1
(=短时间)
- 小憩 xiǎoqì take a short rest
2
(=稍微) a bit
- 小有名气(氣) xiǎo yǒu míngqì have something of a reputation
III 名
young children
可以用 little 形容小的事物。…a little house…little children… 但是 little 通常不用于强调某事物的体积小。例如，不能说 `The town is little.' 或 `I have a very little car.' ，但是可以说 `The town is small.' 或 `I have a very small car.' 。little 没有 small 那么精确，但通常暗示说话者对于所谈论的对象的态度。因此 little 通常用在其他形容词的后面。What a nice little house you've got here!…Shut up, you horrible little boy!