稀少

See also: 希少

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
simp. and trad. (稀少)		稀	少
alternative forms		希少 obsolete

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīshǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ siu²
• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): hi¹ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīshǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sishǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-shao³
    • Yale: syī-shǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishao
    • Palladius: сишао (sišao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ siu²
    • Yale: hēi síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: hi¹ siu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵³ siu³³/

Adjective

稀少

1. sparse; rare; infrequent

Synonyms

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• 堇堇 (jǐnjǐn) (literary)
• 稀缺 (xīquē)

Derived terms

• 人煙稀少 / 人烟稀少 (rényānxīshǎo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
稀	少
き Jinmeiyō	しょう Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 稀少 – see the following entry.

【希少きしょう】 [adjective] scarce; rare [noun] scarcity; rareness

(This term, 稀少, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

• “^▲稀少”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026