🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

小写

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiǎoxiě

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lowercase/ˈloʊ.ərˌkeɪs/
nounadjectiveverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"请用小写字母输入您的密码。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The smaller letters of the alphabet, as contrasted with capitals or majuscules.

    "Make sure the password begins with a capital letter followed by several lowercase letters."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or being letters written or printed in small letters rather than capitals.

    "Please type your email address using only lowercase characters."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the practice of early printing presses where typesetters kept capital letters in the upper case of the type case and small letters in the lower case. The term emerged in the 19th century as typography modernized and standardized.

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