# 少少
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǎoshǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^2$ siu$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu-séu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chió-chió
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǎoshǎo [Phonetic: sháoshǎo]
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǎoshǎo
*** Wade–Giles: shao$^3$-shao$^3$
*** Yale: shǎu-shǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaoshao
*** Palladius: шаошао (šaošao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^2$ siu$^2$
*** Yale: síu síu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^2$ siu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^2$ xiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯³⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$小小 少少 指事
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu-séu
*** Hakka Romanization System: seu$^ˋ$ seu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seu$^3$ seu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹ seu̯³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chió-chió
*** Tâi-lô: tsió-tsió
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cioycioir
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sio⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sio⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sio⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sio⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɤ⁴¹/

### Adjective

少少
* (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) a little; a little bit
       nei$^5$ m$^4$ tou$^5$ ngo$^6$ dou$^1$ jiu$^3$ sik$^6$ siu$^2$ siu$^2$ je$^5$ gaa$^2$! [Jyutping]
       Even if you're not hungry, you still need to eat a little bit of food!

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 一點 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 一點兒, 點兒, 點子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 一點, 一點點 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 一點兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 一點 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 一點, 一點點 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 一點兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 一點兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 一點兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 一絲絲, 一點兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 一點兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 一點兒, 一點點 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 一點兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 一點兒, 點兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 一點, 一點點, 一點個, 一丁丁, 一丁家, 一夾夾, 一咪咪, 一咪嘀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 一點 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 一點兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 一的個, 一的個子, 一點點, 尕尕, 一尕尕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 一點 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 一啲, 啲, 少少 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 一啲, 啲, 少少, 些少 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 一尼 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 一啲 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 啲, 一啲, 少少 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 一滴, 一滴子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 一滴仔, 一點仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 一滴, 一滴仔, 一滴過仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 一滴子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 一息仔, 一滴仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 一息, 一息仔, 一滴仔, 息把仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 一息 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 一屑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 一息 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 一兜仔 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 少少 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 一點 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 一點點 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 些些兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 一習仔, 咪仔, 咪咪仔, 咪毛仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 一滴囝, 仂囝, 仂滴 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 一滴囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 仂儉 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 仂囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 一點仔, 淡薄仔, 淡薄, 一疕仔, 一絲仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 淡薄仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 一點仔, 淡薄仔 GT, 一疕仔 GT, 一絲仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 一屑仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 一屑仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 一喙仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 一屑仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 一屑仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 一屑仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 一屑仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 一滴仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 淡薄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 淡薄 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 淡薄, 一絲仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 一滴囝, 滴囝, 須囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 滴囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 一滴囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 滴囝, 滴滴囝, 些囝, 些須囝, 須囝 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 一滴囝, 滴囝, 滴滴囝, 零滴囝, 零塊, 塊囝, 零塊囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 淡薄, 滴滴囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 滴滴 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 一滴仔, 滴仔, 一滴 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 滴滴 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 一啲, 啲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 一眼, 一點, 一眼眼, 一沰沰, 一點點, 一彌彌, 一滴滴 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 一乃乃 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 一猛猛 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 一眼眼, 一點點 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 一點點, 一滴滴 |
| Wu | Danyang | 一眼眼 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 一眼眼, 一眼, 一沰, 一沰沰 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 眼兒, 一眼兒, 眼仔兒, 一眼仔兒, 釐兒, 一釐兒, 釐仔兒, 一釐仔兒, 釐絲兒, 一釐絲兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 一點兒, 點兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 一點, 一點咖子, 點咖子, 一滴咖子, 滴咖子, 點把點子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 滴 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 一滴唧 |
| Note | GT: General Taiwan (no particular region identified) | GT: General Taiwan (no particular region identified) |

### Adverb

少少
* (literary or Cantonese) slightly; a little
       ngo$^5$ jau$^5$ siu$^2$ siu$^2$ gan$^2$ zoeng$^1$. [Jyutping]
       I'm slightly nervous.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 少 | 少 |
| しょう Grade: 2 | しょう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 少少 – see the following entry. :
| 【少々しょうしょう】 | [adverb] a small amount [phrase] Just a minute! Alternative spellings 小小, 小々 |
(This term, 少少, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :