鮮少

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (鮮少)		鮮	少
simp. (鲜少)		鲜	少

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎnshǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin² siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnshǎo [Phonetic: xiánshǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnshǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsien³-shao³
    • Yale: syǎn-shǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheanshao
    • Palladius: сяньшао (sjanʹšao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin² siu²
    • Yale: sín síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Adverb

鮮少

1. (literary) seldom; rarely

Synonyms

• 很少 (hěnshǎo)

Adjective

鮮少

1. (literary) extremely few

Synonyms

• 極少／极少 (jíshǎo)