稀疏

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	negligent; sparse; thin
trad. (稀疏)		稀	疏
simp. #(稀疏)		稀	疏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīshū

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ so¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hi-so͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi¹ so¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sishu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-shu¹
    • Yale: syī-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishu
    • Palladius: сишу (sišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ so¹
    • Yale: hēi sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ sɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-so͘
    • Tâi-lô: hi-soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hisof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi¹ so¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hi so
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³³⁻²³ so³³/

Adjective

稀疏

1. sparse; thinly spread; few and scattered; few and far between

Synonyms

• 零落 (língluò)

Antonyms

• 茂密 (màomì)
• 密集 (mìjí)

Noun

稀疏

1. rarefaction