Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
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English
- rare, unusual, scarce
- sparse; scattered
- sparse
- rare; uncommon
- diluted; thin; watery
- (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 綠豆稀|绿豆稀[lu : 4 dou4 xi1] "sweet mung bean soup")
- (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟[xi1 zao1] "utterly ruined")
- (fraction of a composite) diluted; light; low
- sparse; scattered
- rare; scarce
粵語
- 含有某種成分比例較少
- 事物之間相距大,密度低
- 罕見;少
As a component in
Words containing 稀
- 稀奇hei1 kei4
rare
- 稀有hei1 jau5
uncommon; rare
- 稀少hei1 siu2
sparse
- 稀釋hei1 sik1
to dilute
- 稀土hei1 tou2
rare earth (chemistry)
- 稀疏hei1 so1
sparse
- 稀飯hei1 faan6
porridge; gruel; congee
- 稀薄hei1 bok6
thin
- 稀罕hei1 hon2
rare; uncommon
- 稀客hei1 haak3
infrequent visitor
- 依稀ji1 hei1
vaguely
- 開稀hoi1 hei1
to dilute
- 拉稀laai1 hei1
(coll.) to have diarrhea
- 溝稀kau1 hei1
to dilute
- 漸稀zim6 hei1
to thin out gradually
- 和稀泥wo4 hei1 nai4
to try to smooth things over
- 稀缺hei1 kyut3
scarce
- 人煙稀少jan4 jin1 hei1 siu2
no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
- 珍稀zan1 hei1
rare
- 稀寥寥hei1 leu1 leu1
thin and watery
- 古稀gu2 hei1
seventy years old
- 稀世hei1 sai3
rare
- 稀有元素hei1 jau5 jyun4 sou3
(chemistry) rare element
- 稀爛hei1 laan6
thoroughly mashed; mushy