少有 meaning in English

shǎoyǒu

rare; infrequent

HSK 7-910 strokes

Meaning of 少有

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shǎoyǒu
  1. rare
  2. infrequent

少有 in example sentences

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

你nǐ很hěn少shǎo有yǒu这zhè么me早zǎo起qǐ床chuáng。
You rarely ever wake up this early.
很hěn少shǎo有yǒu学xué生shēng能néng了liǎo解jiě他tā说shuō的de话huà。
Few students could understand what he said.
很hěn少shǎo有yǒu人rén知zhī道dào怎zěn么me做zuò。
Few people know how to do it.
我wǒ们men班bān至zhì少shǎo有yǒu三sān十shí个gè学xué生shēng。
There are at least thirty students in our class.
很hěn少shǎo有yǒu东dōng西xī像xiàng音yīn乐yuè一yī样yàng带dài给gěi我wǒ们men这zhè么me多duō的de快kuài乐lè。
Few things give us as much pleasure as music.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

少 shǎo · few · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

有 yǒu · to have · 6 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 少有.

没有méiyǒuhaven't; hasn't
还有hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
多少duōshaonumber; amount; somewhat
有些yǒuxiēsome; somewhat; rather; a bit
有时yǒushísometimes; now and then
有时候yǒushíhousometimes
有用yǒuyònguseful
有名yǒumíngfamous; well-known
有的yǒude(there are) some (who are...); some (exist)
有一些yǒuyīxiēsomewhat; rather
所有suǒyǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

Questions about 少有

What does 少有 mean?

少有 (shǎoyǒu) means "rare; infrequent".

How do you write 少有?

少有 is made of 2 characters: 少 (4 strokes), 有 (6 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 少有 an HSK word?

Yes. 少有 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.