寥寥
Chinese
| empty; lonesome; very few | empty; lonesome; very few | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (寥寥) |
寥 | 寥 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
- Jyutping: liu4 liu4
- Yale: lìuh lìuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: liu4 liu4
- Guangdong Romanization: liu4 liu4
- IPA (key): /liːu̯²¹ liːu̯²¹/
- Homophones:
寥寥
聊聊
遼遼／辽辽
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 寥 | 寥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) | 錫 (127) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 落蕭切 | 郎擊切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/leu/ | /lek̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/leu/ | /lek̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/leu/ | /lɛk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lɛw/ | /lɛjk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/leu/ | /lek̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/lieu/ | /liek̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/lieu/ | /liek̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
liáo | lì |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 寥 | 寥 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8366 | 8370 |
| Phonetic component |
翏 | 翏 |
| Rime group |
幽 | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
聊 | 靂 |
| Old Chinese |
/*rɯːw/ | /*rɯːwɢ/ |
| Notes | 見老子說文作廫 | |
Adjective
寥寥
- (literary, ideophonic) hollow; empty
- (literary, ideophonic) lonely; lonesome
- (ideophonic) very few; hardly any; handful of
- (literary, ideophonic) vast; spacious
- (literary, ideophonic) clear and melodious
Derived terms
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