少有

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
trad. (少有)		少	有
simp. ^#(少有)		少	有

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǎoyǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² jau⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵sau-yeu₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǎoyǒu [Phonetic: sháoyǒu]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǎoyǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shao³-yu³
  - Yale: shǎu-yǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaoyeou
  - Palladius: шаою (šaoju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² jau⁵
  - Yale: síu yáuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² jau⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² yeo⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ jɐu̯¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵sau-yeu₆
  - MiniDict: sau^去 yeu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sau-hhieu₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɔ³³ ɦiɤ⁴⁴/

Adjective

少有

rare; uncommon; few and far between

Synonyms

少見 / 少见 (shǎojiàn)
惡得 / 恶得 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
新鮮 / 新鲜 (xīnxiān)
生僻 (shēngpì)
稀有 (xīyǒu)
稀罕
罕得 (Hokkien)
罕時 / 罕时 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
罕見 / 罕见 (hǎnjiàn)
罕覯 / 罕觏 (hǎngòu)
罕討 / 罕讨 (Min Nan)
趁討 / 趁讨 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
難得 / 难得 (nándé) (usually of an opportunity)

Derived terms

古今少有
天上少有，地下無雙 / 天上少有，地下无双