Word information
Simplified少见
Traditional少見
Pinyinshǎojiàn
Part of speech形
HSK 3.04
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
少见
shǎojiàn · rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you
Character breakdown
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How to learn 少见
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
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多少duōshao
how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
见jiànto see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview; opinion; view
看见kànjiànto see; to catch sight of
少shǎofew; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
听见tīngjiànto hear
再见zàijiàngoodbye; see you again later