Rare in Chinese
rare · HSK 4
少见
- 少 few
- 见 to see
这种鸟在城市里很少见。 This kind of bird is rarely seen in the city.
Other ways to say rare
More words with 少 or 见
How do you say rare in Chinese?
Rare in Chinese is 少见 (shǎo jiàn). You can also say 难得 (nán dé), 罕见 (hǎn jiàn), 鲜 (xiǎn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.