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
Min Nan (POJ): liâu-liâu-bû-kí

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 li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ u³⁵⁻⁵⁵ 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/
Min Nan
- (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

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)

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