稀寥寥

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	empty; lonesome; very few	empty; lonesome; very few
trad. (稀寥寥)		稀	寥	寥
simp. #(稀寥寥)		稀	寥	寥
alternative forms		稀leu leu

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ leu¹ leu¹ / hei¹ liu¹ liu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ leu¹ leu¹ / hei¹ liu¹ liu¹
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ leu¹ leu¹ / hei¹ liu¹ liu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ lɛːu̯⁵⁵ lɛːu̯⁵⁵/, /hei̯⁵⁵ liːu̯⁵⁵ liːu̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

稀寥寥

1. (Cantonese, of liquids, congee, etc., negative) thin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 稀溜溜 (“(expressive) thin; watery”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稀溜溜
Northeastern Mandarin	Harbin	稀不溜, 稀不溜丟, 稀了光當, 稀拉巴嘰, 稀溜兒 ↑, 稀得溜兒 ↑, 稀溜 ↓, 稀得溜 ↓, 稀拉呱嘰 ↓, 稀拉光嘰 ↓
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	稀溜溜
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	稀溜溜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	稀溜溜兒 ↑, 稀不溜溜 ↓, 稀溜溜 ↓
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	稀糟糟, 稀撈撈
	Liuzhou	稀撈撈
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	稀溜溜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	稀冧冧 ↓, 稀寥寥 ↓, 稀框框
	Hong Kong	稀寥寥 ↓
Hakka	Meixian	鮮公公
Northern Min	Jian'ou	稀撈撈
Southern Min	Xiamen	漖漉漉, 漖湯湯, 飲湯湯, 飲漉漉, 飲糜糜
	Quanzhou	漖漉漉
	Yongchun	漖漉漉
	Zhangzhou	飲滕丼, 飲丼丼, 漖滕丼
	Tainan	漖咚咚
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	稀撈撈, 稀寥寥
Note	↑ - positive; ↓ - negative

Antonyms

• (Cantonese) 杰撻撻／杰挞挞 (git6 taat6 taat6, git6 tet6 tet6)

Related terms

• (Cantonese) 空寥寥 (hung1 leu1 leu1)