寥寥无几 meaning in English

liáoliáo-wújǐ

(idiom) very few

HSK 7-9Traditional 寥寥無幾34 strokes

Meaning of 寥寥无几

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

liáoliáowújǐ
  1. (idiom) very few

寥寥无几 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

值zhí得de观guān看kàn的de电diàn视shì节jié目mù寥liáo寥liáo无wú几jǐ。
Only a few TV programs are worth watching.

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寥 liáo · few · 14 strokes

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寥 liáo · few · 14 strokes

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无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes

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几 jǐ · how many · 2 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 寥寥无几.

无法wúfǎunable to; incapable of
几乎jīhūalmost; nearly; practically
无论wúlùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
无聊wúliáobored; boring
无所谓wúsuǒwèito be indifferent; not to matter
无数wúshùcountless; numberless
无限wúxiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无疑wúyíundoubtedly; without doubt
无奈wúnàito have no alternative; frustrated
无关wúguānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无效wúxiàonot valid; ineffective
无边wúbiānwithout boundary; not bordered

Questions about 寥寥无几

What does 寥寥无几 mean?

寥寥无几 (liáoliáo-wújǐ) means "(idiom) very few".

How do you write 寥寥无几?

寥寥无几 is made of 4 characters: 寥 (14 strokes), 寥 (14 strokes), 无 (4 strokes), 几 (2 strokes). That is 34 strokes in total.

Is 寥寥无几 an HSK word?

Yes. 寥寥无几 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 寥寥无几 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 寥寥无几 is written 寥寥無幾.