些少

Chinese

		some; few; several some; few; several; (a measure word)	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
trad. (些少)		些	少
simp. #(些少)		些	少

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiēshǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ ㄕㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se¹ siu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiēshǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ ㄕㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sieshǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hsieh¹-shao³
    • Yale: syē-shǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieshao
    • Palladius: сешао (sešao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se¹ siu²
    • Yale: sē síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se¹ siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé¹ xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/

Adjective

些少

1. (literary or Cantonese) a little

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (些少):

• → Japanese: 些(さ)少(しょう) (sashō)
• → Korean: 사소(些少) (saso)