# 寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 寥寥无几 (liáoliáowújǐ) means “very few; handful of”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: very few; handful of
- Pinyin: liáoliáowújǐ (liao2 liao2 wu2 ji3)
- Traditional: 寥寥無幾
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 深夜时，街上的行人寥寥无几。
  Shēnyè shí, jiē shàng de xíngrén liáoliáowújǐ.
  Late at night, there are very few pedestrians on the street.

## Characters

- 寥 (liáo): empty; lonesome
- [无](https://hanziro.com/word/wu-without/) (wú): (literary) without; no, not
- [几](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-how-many/) (jǐ): how many; a few

https://hanziro.com/word/liao-liao-wu-ji-very-few/

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