少少

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
simp. and trad. (少少)		少	少

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǎoshǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² siu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-séu
Min Nan (POJ): chió-chió

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǎoshǎo [Phonetic: sháoshǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaoshao
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: siu² siu²
  - Yale: síu síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xiu²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    小小
    少少
    指事
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-séu
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu` seu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ seu³
  - IPA: /se̯u³¹ se̯u³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-chió
  - Tâi-lô: tsió-tsió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cioycioir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕio⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕio⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕio⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕio⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɤ⁴¹/

Adjective

少少

(Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) a little; a little bit

你唔肚餓都要食少少嘢𠿪！ [Cantonese, trad.]
你唔肚饿都要食少少嘢𠿪！ [Cantonese, simp.]
Nei⁵ m⁴ tou⁵ ngo⁶ dou¹ jiu³ sik⁶ siu² siu² je⁵ gaa²! [Jyutping]
Even if you're not hungry, you still need to eat a little bit of food!

Adverb

少少

(literary) slightly; a little

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