少來

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	to come
trad. (少來)		少	來
simp. (少来)		少	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎolái

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎolái
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎolái
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-lai²
    • Yale: shǎu-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaolai
    • Palladius: шаолай (šaolaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/

Interjection

少來

1. come on!; give me a break!; save it!

Synonyms

• 拜託／拜托 (bàituō)

Verb

少來

1. to come less often
2. to do less; to add less; to bring less
3. to refrain (from doing something)
4. to be sparing (in doing something)

Adverb

少來

1. (literary) always; all along; hitherto

Synonyms

• 一向 (yīxiàng)
• 一直 (yīzhí)
• 一貫／一贯 (yīguàn)
• 一路 (yīlù)
• 一路來／一路来 (Xiang)
• 不嬲 (bat¹ lau¹) (Cantonese)
• 取總／取总 (qü³ zong³) (Sichuanese)
• 向來／向来 (xiànglái)
• 始終／始终 (shǐzhōng)
• 從來／从来 (cónglái)
• 從到今／从到今 (Hokkien)
• 歷來／历来 (lìlái)
• 牢牢 (láoláo) (literary)
• 直直 (Hokkien)
• 素來／素来 (sùlái) (literary)
• 終始／终始 (zhōngshǐ)
• 跇頭／跇头 (Eastern Min)
• 透底 (Eastern Min, Taiwanese Hokkien)