稀薄

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint
trad. (稀薄)		稀	薄
simp. #(稀薄)		稀	薄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xībó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ bok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi-po̍k / hi-po̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xībó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄅㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sibó
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-po²
    • Yale: syī-bwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shibor
    • Palladius: сибо (sibo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ bok⁶
    • Yale: hēi bohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ bok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ bog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ pɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-po̍k
    • Tâi-lô: hi-po̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'pok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ pɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² pɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-po̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hi-po̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hi'poih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ poʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² poʔ¹²¹/

Adjective

稀薄

1. (of air, gas etc.) thin; rarefied

Japanese

Kanji in this term
稀	薄
き Jinmeiyō	はく Grade: S
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 稀薄 – see the following entry.

【希薄きはく】 [adjective] thin, diffuse, sparse [adjective] lacking, wanting [adjective] improbable [noun] thinness, diffuseness, sparseness [noun] lacking, wanting [noun] improbability; low chance

(This term, 稀薄, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)