极少数 meaning in English

jí shǎoshù

extremely few; a small minority

HSK 7-9Traditional 極少數24 strokes

Meaning of 极少数

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jíshǎoshù
  1. extremely few
  2. a small minority

极少数 in example sentences

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

极jí少shǎo数shù的de日rì本běn人rén可kě以yǐ很hěn好hǎo地dì使shǐ用yòng英yīng语yǔ。
Few Japanese can use English well.

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极 jí · extremely · 7 strokes

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少 shǎo · few · 4 strokes

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数 shǔ · to count · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 极少数.

多少duōshaonumber; amount; somewhat
不少bù shǎomany; quite a few; a good number of
数字shùzìnumeral; digit
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
人数rénshùnumber of people
多数duōshùmajority; most
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
少数shǎoshùsmall number; few
分数fēnshù(exam) grade; mark
至少zhìshǎoat least; (to say the) least
极了jí leextremely; exceedingly

Questions about 极少数

What does 极少数 mean?

极少数 (jí shǎoshù) means "extremely few; a small minority".

How do you write 极少数?

极少数 is made of 3 characters: 极 (7 strokes), 少 (4 strokes), 数 (13 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 极少数 an HSK word?

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

How is 极少数 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 极少数 is written 極少數.