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Chinese
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empty; lonesome; very few
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empty; lonesome; very few
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| trad. (寥寥)
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寥
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寥
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| simp. #(寥寥)
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寥
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寥
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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寥
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寥
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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8366
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8370
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Phonetic
component
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翏
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翏
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Rime
group
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幽
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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聊
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靂
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Old
Chinese
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/*rɯːw/
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/*rɯːwɢ/
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| Notes
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見老子說文作廫
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Adjective
寥寥
- (literary, ideophonic) hollow; empty
- (literary, ideophonic) lonely; lonesome
- (ideophonic) very few; hardly any; handful of
- (literary, ideophonic) vast; spacious
- (literary, ideophonic) clear and melodious
Derived terms