寥 liáo
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 翏 the sound of the wind
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
寥寥无几
liáoliáowújǐ
very few; scanty
Characters in this word
几 jǐ
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 几 — small table
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 来参加早会的人寥寥无几，会议室显得空荡荡的。 Lái cānjiā zǎohuì de rén liáoliáo wújǐ, huìyìshì xiǎnde kōngdàngdàng de. Very few people came to the morning meeting, and the meeting room looked empty.
- 这个小镇很偏僻，冬天来旅游的人寥寥无几。 Zhège xiǎozhèn hěn piānpì, dōngtiān lái lǚyóu de rén liáoliáo wújǐ. This little town is very remote, and very few tourists come in winter.
- 现在还写信的年轻人已经寥寥无几了。 Xiànzài hái xiě xìn de niánqīngrén yǐjīng liáoliáo wújǐ le. There are now very few young people who still write letters.
Related words
- 无 wú no; without
- 无法 wúfǎ unable to
- 无聊 wúliáo boring; bored
- 无论 wúlùn no matter
- 无数 wúshù countless
- 无所谓 wúsuǒwèi it does not matter
- 无限 wúxiàn unlimited; endless
- 无奈 wúnài helpless; having no choice
- 无疑 wúyí without doubt
- 毫无 háowú completely without
- 大公无私 dàgōngwúsī selfless; impartial and public-spirited
- 当之无愧 dāngzhīwúkuì fully deserving; worthy of the title