寥若晨星

Chinese

		empty; lonesome; very few	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	morning; dawn; daybreak	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (寥若晨星)		寥	若	晨	星
simp. #(寥若晨星)		寥	若	晨	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáoruòchénxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ joek⁶ san⁴ sing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáoruòchénxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáoruòchénsing
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-jo⁴-chʻên²-hsing¹
    • Yale: lyáu-rwò-chén-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauruohchernshing
    • Palladius: ляожочэньсин (ljaožočɛnʹsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ joek⁶ san⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: lìuh yeuhk sàhn sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ joek⁹ san⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ yêg⁶ sen⁴ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ jœːk̚² sɐn²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

寥若晨星

1. very few; as few as the stars at dawn

Synonyms

• 寥寥可數／寥寥可数 (liáoliáokěshǔ)
• 寥寥無幾／寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)
• 屈指可數／屈指可数 (qūzhǐkěshǔ)