少數

See also: 少数

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (少數)		少	數
simp. (少数)		少	数

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǎoshù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sou³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-su
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chió-sò͘ / sió-sò͘ / siáu-sò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): ziê² siou³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sau-su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǎoshù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǎoshù
  - Wade–Giles: shao³-shu⁴
  - Yale: shǎu-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaoshuh
  - Palladius: шаошу (šaošu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu² sou³
  - Yale: síu sou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sou̯³³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    小數／小数
    少數／少数
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-su
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ su⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tsió-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioysox
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: sió-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioysox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: siáu-sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siawsox
  - IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ziê² siou³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsié siòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sie⁵²⁻³⁵ siou²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sau-su
  - MiniDict: sau^去 su
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau-su
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³³ su⁴⁴/

Noun

少數

few; small number; minority
少數族群語言 [MSC, trad.]
少数族群语言 [MSC, simp.]
shǎoshù zúqún yǔyán [Pinyin]
minority language

Antonyms

多數／多数 (duōshù)

Derived terms

少數民族／少数民族 (shǎoshù mínzú)
性少數／性少数 (xìngshǎoshù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	數
しょう Grade: 2	すう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

少(しょう)數(すう) • (shōsū)

Kyūjitai form of 少数 (“minority”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
少	數

Noun

少數 • (sosu) (hangeul 소수)

hanja form^? of 소수 (“minority”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
少	數

Noun

少數

chữ Hán form of thiểu số (“minority”).