稀有

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (稀有)		稀	有
simp. #(稀有)		稀	有
alternative forms		希有 obsolete

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ jau⁵
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi¹ iu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi-iú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīyǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-yu³
    • Yale: syī-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiyeou
    • Palladius: сию (siju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 希有 稀有

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei¹ jau⁵
    • Yale: hēi yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 希有 稀有

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hi¹ iu³ [Phonetic: hi⁵ iu³]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hi-iû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵³³⁻¹¹ iu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hi¹ iu³ [Phonetic: hi⁵ iu³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ iu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-iú
    • Tâi-lô: hi-iú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'iuo
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ iu⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² iu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ iu⁴¹/

Adjective

稀有

1. unusual; uncommon; rare

Synonyms

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• 少有 (shǎoyǒu)
• 少見 / 少见 (shǎojiàn)
• 惡得 / 恶得 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 新鮮 / 新鲜 (xīnxiān)
• 生僻 (shēngpì)
• 稀罕
• 罕得 (Hokkien)
• 罕時 / 罕时 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 罕見 / 罕见 (hǎnjiàn)
• 罕覯 / 罕觏 (hǎngòu)
• 罕討 / 罕讨 (Min Nan)
• 趁討 / 趁讨 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 難得 / 难得 (nándé) (usually of an opportunity)

Derived terms

• 稀有元素 (xīyǒu yuánsù)
• 稀有氣體 / 稀有气体 (xīyǒu qìtǐ)
• 稀有金屬 / 稀有金属

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (稀有):

• → Japanese: 希有(けう) (keu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
稀	有
け Jinmeiyō	う Grade: 3
on'yomi

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

【希有けう】 [adjective] rare [noun] strange, unexpected

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

References

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