| liáo | empty/lonesome/very few |
| 寥 | empty lonesome very few |
| 寥寂 | still; silent; lonely; desolate |
| 寥寥 | very few |
| 寥寥可数 | just a very few (idiom); tiny number just a handful not many at all |
| 寥寥数行 | just a few lines |
| 寥寥无伴 | lonely |
| 寥寥无几 | just a very few (idiom); tiny number not many at all You count them on your fingers. |
| 寥廓 | boundless; vast |
| 寥若晨星 | few and far between |
| 寥落 | sparse few and far between |