稀寥寥

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	empty; lonesome; very few	empty; lonesome; very few
trad. (稀寥寥)		稀	寥	寥
simp. ^#(稀寥寥)		稀	寥	寥
alternative forms		稀leu leu

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ leu¹ leu¹, hei¹ liu¹ liu¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ leu¹ leu¹, hei¹ liu¹ liu¹
  - Yale: colloquial sounds not defined, hēi līu līu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ leu¹ leu¹, hei¹ liu¹ liu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined, héi¹ liu¹ liu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ lɛːu̯⁵⁵ lɛːu̯⁵⁵/, /hei̯⁵⁵ liːu̯⁵⁵ liːu̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

稀寥寥

(Cantonese, of liquids, congee, etc., negative) thin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 稀溜溜 (“(expressive) thin; watery”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稀溜溜
Mandarin	Harbin	稀不溜, 稀不溜丟, 稀了光當, 稀拉巴嘰, 稀拉呱嘰, 稀拉光嘰, 稀溜, 稀溜兒, 稀得溜, 稀得溜兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	稀寥寥, 稀冧冧, 稀框框
Cantonese	Hong Kong	稀寥寥
Hakka	Meixian	鮮公公
Southern Min	Xiamen	漖漉漉, 漖湯湯, 飲湯湯, 飲漉漉, 飲糜糜
	Zhangzhou	飲滕丼, 飲丼丼, 漖滕丼
	Tainan	漖咚咚

Antonyms

(Cantonese) 杰撻撻／杰挞挞 (git6 taat6 taat6, git6 tet6 tet6)

Related terms

(Cantonese) 空寥寥 (hung1 leu1 leu1)

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