少牢

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	firm; fast
simp. and trad. (少牢)		少	牢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàoláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu³ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàoláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàoláo
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴-lao²
    • Yale: shàu-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shawlau
    • Palladius: шаолао (šaolao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu³ lou⁴
    • Yale: siu lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu³ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu³ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³³ lou̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: syewH law

Rime
Character	少	牢
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	失照切	魯刀切
Baxter	syewH	law
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇuH/	/lɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛuH/	/lɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæuH/	/lɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiawH/	/law/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛuH/	/lɑu/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛuH/	/lɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛuH/	/lɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shào	láo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu3	lou4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hmjews  ruː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	少	牢
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	13708	7644
Phonetic component	小	牢
Rime group	宵	幽
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	少	勞
Old Chinese	/*hmjews/	/*ruː/

Noun

少牢

1. (archaic) mutton and pork (for sacrifice, without beef)

See also

• 太牢 (tàiláo)

References

• “Entry #129850”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.