寥寥

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (93) (127)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8366 8370
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯːw/ /*rɯːwɢ/
Notes

Adjective

寥寥

  1. (literary, ideophonic) hollow; empty
  2. (literary, ideophonic) lonely; lonesome
  3. (ideophonic) very few; hardly any; handful of
  4. (literary, ideophonic) vast; spacious
  5. (literary, ideophonic) clear and melodious

Derived terms

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