少量

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	capacity; quantity; amount capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
simp. and trad. (少量)		少	量

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎoliàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² loeng⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-liong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chió-liōng / chió-liāng / sió-liōng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎoliàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎoliàng
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-liang⁴
    • Yale: shǎu-lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaolianq
    • Palladius: шаолян (šaoljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² loeng⁶
    • Yale: síu leuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² loeng⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² lêng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ lœːŋ²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小量 少量

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-liong
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu` liong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu³ liong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ li̯oŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsió-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioyliong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-liāng
    • Tâi-lô: tsió-liāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioyliang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liaŋ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liaŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-liōng
    • Tâi-lô: sió-liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioyliong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²²/

Noun

少量

1. small amount or quantity; little bit; few; smidgen

See also

• 少許／少许 (shǎoxǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	量
しょう Grade: 2	りょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

少(しょう)量(りょう) • (shōryō) 

1. small amount or quantity

Synonyms

• 少(しょう)数(すう) (shōsū)

Antonyms

• 多(た)量(りょう) (taryō)
• 多(た)数(すう) (tasū)