少數

少數

See also: 少数

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (少數)		少	數
simp. (少数)		少	数

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎoshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sou³
• Min Nan (POJ): chió-sò͘ / sió-sò͘ / siáu-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǎoshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaoshuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: siu² sou³
    • Yale: síu sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sou³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sou̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小數／小数 少數／少数

• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsió-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioysox
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sió-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: siáu-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siawsox
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ¹¹/

Noun

少數

1. minority

   少數族群語言 / 少数族群语言  ―  shǎoshù zúqún yǔyán  ―  minority language

2. few; a small number

Derived terms

少數民族／少数民族 (shǎoshù mínzú)