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

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• 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

1. 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 Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

少(しょう)數(すう) • (shōsū) 

1. Kyūjitai form of 少数 (“minority”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
少	數

Noun

少數 • (sosu) (hangeul 소수)

1. Hanja form^? of 소수 (“minority”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
少	數

Noun

少數

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