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Hanzi

寥 / 寥

Traditional
寥
Simplified
寥

empty/lonesome/very few

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 9

Pinyin

liáo

Bopomofo

ㄌㄧㄠˊ

Jyutping

liu4

Example sentences

寥寥 liáoliáo
在偏遠山村舉行的公益講座，最後只有寥寥幾人到場。
在偏远山村举行的公益讲座，最后只有寥寥几人到场。

Only a handful of people attended the public-interest lecture held in a remote mountain village.

Example Vocabulary

寂寥

ji4'liao2

寥寥

liao2'liao2

very few; scarce

寥寥無几

寥寥可數

liao2'liao2'ke3'shu3

寥落

liao2'luo4

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