少少

少少

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	young; few; little young; few; little; lack
simp. and trad. (少少)		少	少

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎoshǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² siu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-séu
• Min Nan (POJ): chió-chió

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǎoshǎo [Phonetic: sháoshǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaoshao
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎoshǎo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: siu² siu²
    • Yale: síu síu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² siu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² xiu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小小 少少 指事

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-séu
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` seu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ seu³
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ seu̯³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-chió
    • Tâi-lô: tsió-tsió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioycioir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕio⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕio⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕio⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕio⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɤ⁴¹/

Adjective

少少

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Nan) a little; a little bit

   你唔肚餓都要食少少嘢𠿪！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你唔肚饿都要食少少嘢𠿪！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   Nei⁵ m⁴ tou⁵ ngo⁶ dou¹ jiu³ sik⁶ siu² siu² je⁵ gaa²! [Jyutping]

   Even if you're not hungry, you still need to eat a little bit of food!

Adverb

少少

1. (literary) slightly; a little

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Japanese

Noun

少少 (hiragana しょうしょう, rōmaji shōshō)

1. Alternative spelling of 少々

Adverb

少少 (hiragana しょうしょう, rōmaji shōshō)

1. Alternative spelling of 少々