寥寥

Chinese

		empty; lonesome; very few	empty; lonesome; very few
simp. and trad. (寥寥)		寥	寥

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáoliáo

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ liu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: liáoliáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauliau
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    寥寥
    遼遼／辽辽
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ liu⁴
  - Yale: lìuh lìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ liu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ liu⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ liːu̯²¹/
  - Homophones:
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    寥寥
    聊聊
    遼遼／辽辽

Middle Chinese: /leu|lek̚ leu|lek̚/▼

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

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*rɯːw|rɯːwɢ rɯːw|rɯːwɢ/

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

寥寥可數／寥寥可数 (liáoliáokěshǔ)
寥寥數語／寥寥数语 (liáoliáoshùyǔ)

寥寥無幾／寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)

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