Meaning of 稀少
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
xīshǎo
- sparse
- rare
稀少 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
那很稀少。
That's very rare.
树木很稀少。
The trees were very scarce.
Stroke order for each character
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稀 xī · sparse · 12 strokes
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少 shǎo · few · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 稀少.
| 多少 | duōshao | number; amount; somewhat |
| 不少 | bù shǎo | many; quite a few; a good number of |
| 少年 | shàonián | early youth; youngster |
| 青少年 | qīng-shàonián | adolescent; youth |
| 少数 | shǎoshù | small number; few |
| 至少 | zhìshǎo | at least; (to say the) least |
| 缺少 | quēshǎo | lack; shortage of |
| 减少 | jiǎnshǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 少儿 | shào'ér | child |
| 少女 | shàonǚ | girl; young lady |
| 稀罕 | xīhan | rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity |
| 稀奇 | xīqí | rare; strange |
Questions about 稀少
What does 稀少 mean?
稀少 (xīshǎo) means "sparse; rare" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 稀少?
稀少 is made of 2 characters: 稀 (12 strokes), 少 (4 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 稀少 an HSK word?
Yes. 稀少 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.