寥寥可數

See also: 寥寥可数

Chinese

		hollow; empty; lonely hollow; empty; lonely; lonesome	countable
trad. (寥寥可數)		寥寥	可數
simp. (寥寥可数)		寥寥	可数

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoliáokěshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ liu⁴ ho² sou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoliáokěshǔ [Phonetic: liáoliáokéshǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoliáokěshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-liao²-kʻo³-shu³
    • Yale: lyáu-lyáu-kě-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauliaukeeshuu
    • Palladius: ляоляокэшу (ljaoljaokɛšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ liu⁴ ho² sou²
    • Yale: lìuh lìuh hó sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ liu⁴ ho² sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ liu⁴ ho² sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ liːu̯²¹ hɔː³⁵ sou̯³⁵/

Idiom

寥寥可數

1. very few

Synonyms

• 寥寥無幾／寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)
• 寥若晨星 (liáoruòchénxīng)
• 屈指可數／屈指可数 (qūzhǐkěshǔ)