Usage of the character 寥
liáo
寥
[寥]
- empty
- lonesome
- very few
jìliáo
寂寥
[寂寥]
- (literary) quiet and desolate
- lonely
- vast and empty
liáokuò
寥廓
[寥廓]
- (literary) vast; boundless
liáoliáo
寥寥
[寥寥]
- very few
liáoluò
寥落
[寥落]
- sparse
- few and far between
liáoruòchénxīng
寥若晨星
[寥若晨星]
- rare as morning stars (idiom)
- few and far between
- sparse
liáoliáowújǐ
寥寥无几
[寥寥無幾]
- just a very few (idiom); tiny number
- not many at all
- You count them on your fingers.
liáoliáokěshǔ
寥寥可数
[寥寥可數]
- just a very few (idiom); tiny number
- just a handful
- not many at all
- You count them on your fingers.