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Jyutping gik6 siu2
Pinyin jí shǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. very little
  2. very few
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    extremely few
    (syn.) 鲜少, 鮮少
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    极少数的日本人可以很好地使用英语。
    極少數的日本人可以很好地使用英語。
    jí shǎo shù de rì běn rén kě yǐ hěn hǎo dì shǐ yòng yīng yǔ 。
    • Few Japanese can use English well.
  2. Mandarin
    他们极少注意他
    他們極少注意他
    tā men jí shǎo zhù yì tā
    • They pay little attention to him.
  3. Mandarin
    反社会者极少为他们的罪行显露懊悔或有罪恶的感觉。
    反社會者極少為他們的罪行顯露懊悔或有罪惡的感覺。
    fǎn shè huì zhě jí shǎo wèi tā men de zuì xíng xiǎn lù ào huǐ huò yǒu zuì è de gǎn jué 。
    • Sociopaths rarely display remorse or feelings of guilt for their crimes.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    犯错误的人,除了极少数坚持错误、屡教不改的以外,大多数是可以改正的。
    犯錯誤的人,除了極少數堅持錯誤、屢教不改的以外,大多數是可以改正的。
    fàn cuò wù de rén , chú le jí shǎo shù jiān chí cuò wù , lǚ jiào bù gǎi de yǐ wài , dà duō shù shì kě yǐ gǎi zhèng de .
    • Except for a few who cling to their mistakes and fail to mend their ways after repeated admonition, the majority of those who have erred can correct their mistakes.
  2. Mandarin
    谁个劣,谁个不劣,谁个最甚,谁个稍次,谁个惩办要严,谁个处罚从轻,农民都有极明白的计算,罚不当罪的极少。
    誰個劣,誰個不劣,誰個最甚,誰個稍次,誰個懲辦要嚴,誰個處罰從輕,農民都有極明白的計算,罰不當罪的極少。
    shéi ge liè , shéi ge bù liè , shéi ge zuì shèn , shéi ge shāo cì , shéi ge chéng bàn yào yán , shéi ge chǔ fá cóng qīng , nóng mín dōu yǒu jí míng bái de jì suàn , fá bù dāng zuì de jí shǎo .
    • Who is bad and who is not, who is the worst and who is not quite so vicious, who deserves severe punishment and who deserves to be let off lightly – the peasants keep clear accounts, and very seldom has the punishment exceeded the crime.
  3. Mandarin
    全体共产党员、广大人民群众和各界爱国人士,一定要响应党和政府的号召,明辨是非,顾全大局,迅速行动起来,挺身而出与制造暴乱的极少数人作坚决的斗争,而不要做任何亲痛仇快的事情。
    全體共產黨員、廣大人民羣眾和各界愛國人士,一定要響應黨和政府的號召,明辨是非,顧全大局,迅速行動起來,挺身而出與製造暴亂的極少數人作堅決的鬥爭,而不要做任何親痛仇快的事情。
    quán tǐ gòng chǎn dǎng yuán , guǎng dà rén mín qún zhòng hé gè jiè ài guó rén shì , yī dìng yào xiǎng yìng dǎng hé zhèng fǔ de hào zhào , míng biàn shì fēi , gù quán dà jú , xùn sù xíng dòng qǐ lái , tǐng shē né r5 chū yǔ zhì zào bào luàn de jí shào shù rén zuò jiān jué de dòu zhēng , ér bù yào zuò rèn hé qīn tòng chóu kuài de shì qíng .
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  4. 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.
  5. Mandarin
    各地的局势已趋向缓和。但是,现在仍有极少数人造谣惑众,煽动闹事,继续制造动乱。
    各地的局勢已趨向緩和。但是,現在仍有極少數人造謠惑眾,煽動鬧事,繼續製造動亂。
    gè dì de jú shì yǐ qū xiàng huǎn hé . dàn shì , xiàn zài réng yǒu jí shào shù rén zào yáo huò zhòng , shān dòng nào shì , jì xù zhì zào dòng luàn .
    • The situation in many places has tended to ease. However, there are still a handful of people spreading rumors that confuse the public, instigate disturbances, and continue to create unrest.