"稀少" meaning in All languages combined

See 稀少 on Wiktionary

Adjective [Chinese]

IPA: /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /hei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /hei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: xīshǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hei¹ siu² [Cantonese, Jyutping], xīshǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], sishǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], hsi¹-shao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], syī-shǎu [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shishao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], сишао [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sišao [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], hēi síu [Cantonese, Yale], hei¹ siu² [Cantonese, Pinyin], héi¹ xiu² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 希少
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 稀少
  1. sparse; rare; infrequent Synonyms: 堇堇 (jǐnjǐn) [literary], 稀缺 (xīquē) Derived forms: 人煙稀少 (rényānxīshǎo), 人烟稀少 (rényānxīshǎo)
    Sense id: en-稀少-zh-adj-j7cqO24x Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

soft-redirect [Japanese]

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-稀少-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "希少",
      "raw_tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "稀少",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "rényānxīshǎo",
          "word": "人煙稀少"
        },
        {
          "roman": "rényānxīshǎo",
          "word": "人烟稀少"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sparse; rare; infrequent"
      ],
      "id": "en-稀少-zh-adj-j7cqO24x",
      "links": [
        [
          "sparse",
          "sparse"
        ],
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "infrequent",
          "infrequent"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "jǐnjǐn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "堇堇"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīquē",
          "word": "稀缺"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei¹ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sishǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsi¹-shao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syī-shǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shishao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сишао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sišao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hēi síu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei¹ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi¹ xiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稀少"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "希少"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-稀少-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "稀少"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "rényānxīshǎo",
      "word": "人煙稀少"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rényānxīshǎo",
      "word": "人烟稀少"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "希少",
      "raw_tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "稀少",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 少",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 稀",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sparse; rare; infrequent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sparse",
          "sparse"
        ],
        [
          "rare",
          "rare"
        ],
        [
          "infrequent",
          "infrequent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei¹ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xīshǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄒㄧ ㄕㄠˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sishǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hsi¹-shao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "syī-shǎu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shishao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "сишао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sišao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hēi síu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hei¹ siu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "héi¹ xiu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɕi⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hei̯⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jǐnjǐn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "堇堇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīquē",
      "word": "稀缺"
    }
  ],
  "word": "稀少"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "希少"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "稀少"
}

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