少見

See also: 少见

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	to see; to meet; to appear to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
trad. (少見)		少	見
simp. (少见)		少	见

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎojiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎojiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎojiàn
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-chien⁴
    • Yale: shǎu-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaojiann
    • Palladius: шаоцзянь (šaoczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gin³
    • Yale: síu gin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² gin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kiːn³³/

Verb

少見

1. to rarely see
2. to be rarely seen

Derived terms

• 少見多怪 / 少见多怪 (shǎojiànduōguài)

 

Adjective

少見

1. rare; rarely seen

Synonyms

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• 少有 (shǎoyǒu)
• 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)