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Jyutping hei1 siu2
Pinyin xī shǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. sparse
  2. rare
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    好少​出現
    rare
    • 人煙稀少
      人烟稀少
      jan4 jin1 hei1 siu2
      sparsely inhabited
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    sparse; rare; infrequent
    (syn.) 堇堇, 稀缺
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #4419
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    那很稀少。
    那很稀少。
    nà hěn xī shǎo 。
    • That's very rare.
  2. Mandarin
    树木很稀少。
    樹木很稀少。
    shù mù hěn xī shǎo 。
    • The trees were very scarce.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    人烟稀少
    人煙稀少
    jan4 jin1 hei1 siu2
    • sparsely inhabited
  2. Cantonese
    呢条村人烟稀少,大部份原居民都去咗城市打工。
    呢條村人煙稀少,大部份原居民都去咗城市打工。
    • This village is sparsely populated, most indigenous people have migrated to cities to seek employment.