少許

Chinese

		young; few; little young; few; little; lack	to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
trad. (少許)		少	許
simp. (少许)		少	许

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎoxǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄒㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² heoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎoxǔ [Phonetic: sháoxǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎosyǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shao³-hsü³
    • Yale: shǎu-syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaosheu
    • Palladius: шаосюй (šaosjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² heoi²
    • Yale: síu héui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² hoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² hêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ hɵy̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syewX xjoX

Rime
Character	少	許
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	書沼切	虚吕切
Baxter	syewX	xjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇuX/	/hɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛuX/	/hiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæuX/	/xiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕiawX/	/hɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛuX/	/xiɔX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛuX/	/xĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛuX/	/xi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǎo	xǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu2	heoi2

Adjective

少許

1. (formal) a little; a few; a dash of

See also

• 少量 (shǎoliàng)