寥寥

Chinese

		empty; lonesome; very few	empty; lonesome; very few
trad. (寥寥)		寥	寥
simp. #(寥寥)		寥	寥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoliáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ liu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoliáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoliáo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-liao²
    • Yale: lyáu-lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauliau
    • Palladius: ляоляо (ljaoljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 寥寥 遼遼／辽辽

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ liːu̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 寥寥 聊聊 遼遼／辽辽

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• Middle Chinese: lew|lek lew|lek

Rime
Character	寥	寥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV
Fanqie	落蕭切	郎擊切
Baxter	lew	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/leu/	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/liek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːw|rɯːwɢ  rɯːw|rɯːwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寥	寥
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8366	8370
Phonetic component	翏	翏
Rime group	幽	覺
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	聊	靂
Old Chinese	/*rɯːw/	/*rɯːwɢ/
Notes	見老子說文作廫

Adjective

寥寥

1. (literary, ideophonic) hollow; empty
2. (literary, ideophonic) lonely; lonesome
3. (ideophonic) very few; hardly any; handful of
4. (literary, ideophonic) vast; spacious
5. (literary, ideophonic) clear and melodious

Derived terms

• 寥寥可數／寥寥可数 (liáoliáokěshǔ)
• 寥寥數語／寥寥数语 (liáoliáoshùyǔ)
• 寥寥無幾／寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)