Chinese Word: 寥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

寥

Pinyin: liáo

English Definition: empty; lonesome; very few

Chinese Definition:
①稀少：寥寥无几。寥落(稀少，冷落，如“疏星寥寥”)。寥若晨星。
②静寂，空虚：寂寥。寥廓(高远空旷)。

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 宀

Pictophonetic:翏 indicates the sound; 宀 (roof) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 宀 [gàimian2] roof; house
- 翏 [ liù ] the sound of the wind; to soar

Similar Characters: 蓼

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Example Words

寥寥	liáo liáo	very few
寥寥无几	liáo liáo wú jǐ	just a very few (idiom); tiny number; not many at all; You count them on your fingers.
寂寥	jì liáo	(literary) quiet and desolate; lonely; vast and empty
寥若晨星	liáo ruò chén xīng	rare as morning stars (idiom); few and far between; sparse
寥落	liáo luò	sparse; few and far between

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Example Sentences

1		jìn kǒu 进口 de 地 zhuǎn jī yīn 转基因 shí wù 食物 yǒu nián 有年 yè 夜 dòu yóu 豆油、 cài 菜 zǐ 子 yōng 拥 liáo 寥。 The import of genetically modified food have soybean oil, seed oil, etc.
2		yǐ 以 dà yà wān 大亚湾、 xùn liáo wān 巽寥湾、 hǎi guī 海龟 zì rán bǎo hù qū 自然保护区 děng 等 wéi zhǔ 为主 de 的 bīn hǎi 滨海 shēng tài 生态 yōu xián 悠闲 yóu 游。 Coastal tourist attractions are Daya Bay, Xunliao, and the Turtle-Protection Zone.
3		gāo zhōu 高州 pǔ tōng 普通 yě shēng dào 野生稻 pēi náng 胚囊 fā yù 发育 guò chéng 过程 yǔ 与 zhèng cháng 正常 zāi péi 栽培 dào 稻 yí zhì 一致， zhǔ 属 liáo 寥 xíng 型。 Development of wide rice in Gaozhou was similar to that of O. sativa L. , which belongs to the Polygonum type.
4		céng jīng 曾经， wǒ 我 jiǎn zhí 简直 jué de 觉得 zì jǐ 自己 shēng huó 生活 zài 在 huāng yuán 荒原 shàng 上， gān sè 干涩 de 的 tǔ dì 土地、 liáo 寥 kuàng 旷 de 的 tiān kōng 天空 biàn shì 便是 wéi yī 唯一 de 的 bèi jǐng 背景。 At one time, I could feel like living in the wilderness, the dry land, Liao Kuang sky is the only background.
5		yí qiè 一切 nǔ lì 努力 hòu 后， gè tǐ 个体 réng 仍 shì 是 bèi 被 liáo 寥 kuò 阔 yǔ zhòu 宇宙 biān yuán huà 边缘化 de 的 yī 一 xiǎo diǎn 小点， zhè 这 shì 是 yóu 由 zhī shi 知识 suǒ 所 dài lái 带来 de 的 wén yì 文艺 fù xīng 复兴 yōu yù 忧郁。 Even with all efforts, the individual was still an insignificant speck on the periphery of the vast universe - that was the melancholy brought forth by knowledge from the Renaissance.

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1		jìn kǒu 进口 de 地 zhuǎn jī yīn 转基因 shí wù 食物 yǒu nián 有年 yè 夜 dòu yóu 豆油、 cài 菜 zǐ 子 yōng 拥 liáo 寥。 The import of genetically modified food have soybean oil, seed oil, etc.
2		yǐ 以 dà yà wān 大亚湾、 xùn liáo wān 巽寥湾、 hǎi guī 海龟 zì rán bǎo hù qū 自然保护区 děng 等 wéi zhǔ 为主 de 的 bīn hǎi 滨海 shēng tài 生态 yōu xián 悠闲 yóu 游。 Coastal tourist attractions are Daya Bay, Xunliao, and the Turtle-Protection Zone.
3		gāo zhōu 高州 pǔ tōng 普通 yě shēng dào 野生稻 pēi náng 胚囊 fā yù 发育 guò chéng 过程 yǔ 与 zhèng cháng 正常 zāi péi 栽培 dào 稻 yí zhì 一致， zhǔ 属 liáo 寥 xíng 型。 Development of wide rice in Gaozhou was similar to that of O. sativa L. , which belongs to the Polygonum type.
4		céng jīng 曾经， wǒ 我 jiǎn zhí 简直 jué de 觉得 zì jǐ 自己 shēng huó 生活 zài 在 huāng yuán 荒原 shàng 上， gān sè 干涩 de 的 tǔ dì 土地、 liáo 寥 kuàng 旷 de 的 tiān kōng 天空 biàn shì 便是 wéi yī 唯一 de 的 bèi jǐng 背景。 At one time, I could feel like living in the wilderness, the dry land, Liao Kuang sky is the only background.
5		yí qiè 一切 nǔ lì 努力 hòu 后， gè tǐ 个体 réng 仍 shì 是 bèi 被 liáo 寥 kuò 阔 yǔ zhòu 宇宙 biān yuán huà 边缘化 de 的 yī 一 xiǎo diǎn 小点， zhè 这 shì 是 yóu 由 zhī shi 知识 suǒ 所 dài lái 带来 de 的 wén yì 文艺 fù xīng 复兴 yōu yù 忧郁。 Even with all efforts, the individual was still an insignificant speck on the periphery of the vast universe - that was the melancholy brought forth by knowledge from the Renaissance.

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