少见 meaning in English

shǎojiàn

rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you

HSK 7-9verbadjectiveTraditional 少見8 strokes

Meaning of 少见

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shǎojiàn
  1. rare; seldom seen
  2. (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you

少见 in example sentences

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

最zuì近jìn很hěn少shǎo见jiàn到dào我wǒ爸bà。
I see little of my father these days.
我wǒ很hěn少shǎo见jiàn到dào他tā。
Seldom do I see him.
她tā有yǒu一yí个gè少shǎo见jiàn的de名míng字zì。
She has a rare given name.
虽suī然rán我wǒ住zhù在zài她tā家jiā附fù近jìn,可kě是shì也yě很hěn少shǎo见jiàn到dào她tā。
Although her house is nearby, I seldom see her.
像xiàng毕bì卡kǎ索suǒ这zhè样yàng的de画huà家jiā很hěn少shǎo见jiàn。
Painters like Picasso are rare.

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

见 jiàn · to see · 4 strokes

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

Related words

Words that share a character with 少见.

再见zàijiàngoodbye; see you again later
多少duōshaonumber; amount; somewhat
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
听见tīngjiànto hear
见面jiànmiànto meet; to see each other
见到jiàndàoto see
不少bù shǎomany; quite a few; a good number of
意见yìjiànidea; opinion
见过jiànguo
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
常见cháng jiàncommonly seen; common

Questions about 少见

What does 少见 mean?

少见 (shǎojiàn) means "rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you" and is used as a verb and adjective.

How do you write 少见?

少见 is made of 2 characters: 少 (4 strokes), 见 (4 strokes). That is 8 strokes in total.

Is 少见 an HSK word?

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

How is 少见 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 少见 is written 少見.