寥寥無幾

Chinese

		hollow; empty; lonely hollow; empty; lonely; lonesome	to be not many/much; to be very few/little; not much time to be not many/much; to be very few/little; not much time; soon
trad. (寥寥無幾)		寥寥	無幾
simp. (寥寥无几)		寥寥	无几

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoliáowújǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ liu⁴ mou⁴ gei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu-liâu-bû-kí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoliáowújǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄨˊ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoliáowújǐ
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-liao²-wu²-chi³
    • Yale: lyáu-lyáu-wú-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauliauwujii
    • Palladius: ляоляо’уцзи (ljaoljao’uczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ u³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ liu⁴ mou⁴ gei²
    • Yale: lìuh lìuh mòuh géi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ liu⁴ mou⁴ gei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ liu⁴ mou⁴ géi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ liːu̯²¹ mou̯²¹ kei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu-liâu-bû-kí
    • Tâi-lô: liâu-liâu-bû-kí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liauliau'bu'kie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liau²⁴⁻²² liau²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau²⁴⁻²² liau²⁴⁻²² bu²⁴⁻²² ki⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³⁻²² liau¹³⁻²² bu¹³⁻²² ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liau²⁴⁻¹¹ liau²⁴⁻¹¹ bu²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³⁻³³ liau²³⁻³³ bu²³⁻³³ ki⁴¹/

Idiom

寥寥無幾

1. very few

Synonyms

• 寥寥可數／寥寥可数 (liáoliáokěshǔ)
• 寥若晨星 (liáoruòchénxīng)
• 屈指可數／屈指可数 (qūzhǐkěshǔ)