寥若晨星

Chinese

		empty; lonesome; very few	to seem; like; as to seem; like; as; if	morning; dawn; daybreak	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (寥若晨星)		寥	若	晨	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáoruòchénxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ joek⁶ san⁴ sing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liáoruòchénxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liauruohchernshing
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ joek⁶ san⁴ sing¹
  - Yale: lìuh yeuhk sàhn sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ joek⁹ san⁴ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ yêg⁶ sen⁴ xing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ jœ̽ːk̚² sɐn²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

寥若晨星

very few; as few as the stars at dawn

Synonyms

寥寥可數／寥寥可数 (liáoliáokěshǔ)
寥寥無幾／寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)
屈指可數／屈指可数 (qūzhǐkěshǔ)

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