稀少

xīshǎo

adjective HSK 7-9 #24,057

Meanings

Sparse and few.

沙漠里水资源非常稀少。

Shāmò lǐ shuǐzīyuán fēicháng xīshǎo.

Water resources are very scarce in the desert.

这种动物在野外已经很稀少了。

Zhèzhǒng dòngwù zàiyě wài yǐjīng hěn xīshǎo le.

This kind of animal is already very rare in the wild.

人烟稀少的地方

Rényānxīshǎo de dìfāng

a sparsely populated place

usage

稀少 emphasizes small quantity or sparse distribution. Compare with 罕见 which emphasizes being rarely seen/encountered.

稀 xī

少 shǎo