寥 (liu4 | liao2) : scanty; silent

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寥

liu4

liao2

[1] scanty; sparse; few
[2] silent; empty; desolate

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

寥

This word has been viewed 2732 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on and last edited on 30th Mar 2011 07:02

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空寥寥 hung1 liu4*1 liu4*1 = completely empty

寂寥 zik6 liu4 ji4 liao2 = solitary; lonesome

輕寥寥 heng1 liu4*1 liu4*1 = very light 粵

寥寥無幾 liu4 liu4 mou4 gei2 liao2 liao2 wu2 ji3 = very few; not too many

寥若晨星 liu4 joek6 san4 sing1 liao2 ruo4 chen2 xing1 = very few; as few as the stars at dawn; fe and far between

寥寥可數 liu4 liu4 ho2 sou2 liao2 liao2 ke3 shu3 = very few; so few that they can be counted

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 寥
Unicode code for this character: U+5be5 (off-site link)

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