Definition
小说 (xiǎoshuō) is a noun meaning 'novel' or 'fiction' — a long written story. The siblings listed (新鲜, 新颖, 新奇) are all adjectives meaning 'novel' in the sense of 'new/original', so they are not near-synonyms; 小说 is a concrete genre of literature, not a quality.
noun
novelfiction
Measure word · 本, 部
Examples
- 小说。Wǒ zuìjìn kàn le yì běn hěn yǒuqù de xiǎo shuō.I recently read a very interesting novel.
- 小说。Zhè bù xiǎo shuō jiǎng le liǎng gè niánqīng rén de gùshì.This novel tells the story of two young people.
- 小说。Tā xǐhuan kàn lìshǐ xiǎo shuō.He likes reading historical fiction.
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