寥 [－]

Jyutping liu4
Pinyin liáo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. empty
  2. lonesome
  3. very few
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    稀少
    scarce
    • 寥寥可數
      寥寥可数
      liu4 liu4 ho2 sou2
      just a few; just a sprinkling
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. few, scarce
  2. empty, deserted
  3. Cangjie Input
    JSMH
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #521
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    值得观看的电视节目寥寥无几。
    值得觀看的電視節目寥寥無幾。
    zhí de guān kàn de diàn shì jié mù liáo liáo wú jǐ 。
    • Only a few TV programs are worth watching.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    今时今日仲住喺棚屋嘅水上人已经寥寥可数。
    今時今日仲住喺棚屋嘅水上人已經寥寥可數。
    gam1 si4 gam1 jat6 zung6 zyu6 hai2 paang4 uk1 ge3 seoi2 soeng6 jan4 ji5 ging1 liu4 liu4 ho2 sou2.
    • Nowadays only few marine people still live in pang uk.
  2. Cantonese
    你间屋咁大，但系得咁少家私，睇落空寥寥噉。
    你間屋咁大，但係得咁少傢俬，睇落空寥寥噉。
    nei5 gaan1 uk1 gam3 daai6, daan6 hai6 dak1 gam3 siu2 gaa1 si1, tai2 lok6 hung1 leu1 leu1 gam2.
    • Your house is spacious, but there isn't much furniture, which makes it looks quite empty.
  3. Cantonese
    连年旱灾令田园出现寥落嘅景象。
    連年旱災令田園出現寥落嘅景象。
    lin4 nin4 hon5 zoi1 ling6 tin4 jyun4 ceot1 jin6 liu4 lok6 ge3 ging2 zoeng6.
    • After successive years of drought, the fields and gardens waned.
  4. Cantonese
    清晨时分冇乜人，条街显得好寥落。
    清晨時分冇乜人，條街顯得好寥落。
    cing1 san4 si4 fan6 mou5 mat1 jan4, tiu4 gaai1 hin2 dak1 hou2 liu4 lok6.
    • The street are deserted in the early morning.
  5. Cantonese
    毕业之后，个班房变得空寥寥。
    畢業之後，個班房變得空寥寥。
    bat1 jip6 zi1 hau6, go3 baan1 fong2 bin3 dak1 hung1 leu1 leu1.
    • After graduation, the classroom becomes empty so as my heart.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    第三组读塞音的方言极少，例字亦寥寥无几；南海九江和斗门镇各有八个例字，而开平1、台城2及鹤山只各一孤例。
    第三組讀塞音的方言極少，例字亦寥寥無幾；南海九江和斗門鎮各有八個例字，而開平1、台城2及鶴山只各一孤例。
    dì － sān zǔ dú sè yīn de fāng yán jí shǎo ， lì zì yì liáo liáo wú jǐ ； nán hǎi jiǔ jiāng hé dǒu mén zhèn gè yǒu bā ge lì zì ， ér kāi píng １ ， tái chéng ２ jí hè shān zhǐ gè yī gū lì ．
    • There are extremely few dialects that pronounce the third group as stops, and example characters are very few in number; Jiujiang, Nanhai and Doumen Town each have eight examples, and Kaiping 1, Taicheng 2, and Heshan each only have one example.