少有

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (少有)		少	有
simp. #(少有)		少	有

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎoyǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jau⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎoyǒu [Phonetic: sháoyǒu]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎoyǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-yu³
    • Yale: shǎu-yǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaoyeou
    • Palladius: шаою (šaoju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² jau⁵
    • Yale: síu yáuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yeo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɐu̯¹³/

Adjective

少有

1. rare; uncommon; few and far between

Synonyms

• 少見／少见 (shǎojiàn)
• 惡得／恶得 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 新鮮／新鲜 (xīnxiān)
• 生僻 (shēngpì)
• 稀有 (xīyǒu)
• 稀罕
• 罕得 (Hokkien)
• 罕時／罕时 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 罕見／罕见 (hǎnjiàn)
• 罕覯／罕觏 (hǎngòu)
• 罕討／罕讨 (Min Nan)
• 趁討／趁讨 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 難得／难得 (nándé) (usually of an opportunity)

 

Derived terms

• 古今少有
• 天上少有，地下無雙／天上少有，地下无双