零星
líng xīng
Pinyin

Definition

零星
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líng xīng
  1. fragmentary
  2. random
  3. bits and pieces
  4. sporadic

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三星
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
星
xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 heavenly body
  3. 3 satellite
  4. 4 small amount
星座
xīng zuò
  1. 1 constellation
  2. 2 astrological sign
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng]
星星
xīng xing
  1. 1 star in the sky
星期
xīng qī
  1. 1 week
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 day of the week
  4. 4 Sunday
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
五星
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五星级
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
凋零
diāo líng
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 wilted
  3. 3 to wither
  4. 4 to fade
  5. 5 to decay
克星
kè xīng
  1. 1 nemesis
  2. 2 bane
  3. 3 fated to be ill-matched
喵星人
miāo xīng rén
  1. 1 cat (Internet slang)
寿星
shòu xīng
  1. 1 god of longevity
  2. 2 elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated
外星人
wài xīng rén
  1. 1 space alien
  2. 2 extraterrestrial
女星
nu:3 xīng
  1. 1 female star
  2. 2 famous actress
巨星
jù xīng
  1. 1 (astronomy) giant star
  2. 2 (fig.) superstar (of opera, basketball etc)
新星
xīn xīng
  1. 1 nova (astronomy)
星光
xīng guāng
  1. 1 starlight
星巴克
Xīng bā kè
  1. 1 Starbucks, US coffee shop chain
星期一
Xīng qī yī
  1. 1 Monday

Idioms (19)

七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
  1. 1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
  2. 2 divide and conquer
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
寥若晨星
liáo ruò chén xīng
  1. 1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
  2. 2 few and far between
  3. 3 sparse
急如星火
jí rú xīng huǒ
  1. 1 lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom); requiring immediate action
  2. 2 extremely urgent
感激涕零
gǎn jī tì líng
  1. 1 to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
星星之火
xīng xing zhī huǒ
  1. 1 a single spark (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
星星之火，可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán
  1. 1 a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
星流霆击
xīng liú tíng jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
星罗棋布
xīng luó qí bù
  1. 1 scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom); spread all over the place
流星赶月
liú xīng gǎn yuè
  1. 1 lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
  2. 2 swift action (idiom)
灿若繁星
càn ruò fán xīng
  1. 1 bright as a multitude of stars (idiom); extremely able talent
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
众星拱辰
zhòng xīng gǒng chén
  1. 1 lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2 to group around a revered leader
众星捧月
zhòng xīng pěng yuè
  1. 1 lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2 to group around a revered leader
  3. 3 to revolve around sb
福星高照
fú xīng gāo zhào
  1. 1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

Sample Sentences

对啊，我记得我们学校是下午2 点开放澡堂的。开之前就有很多人去排队了。女生的队伍总是很长很长，男生么，就那么零星几个人。
duìa ，wǒ jìde wǒmen xuéxiào shì xiàwǔ liǎngdiǎn kāifàng zǎotáng de 。kāi zhīqián jiù yǒu hěn duō rén qù páiduì le 。nǚshēng de duìwǔ zǒngshì hěn cháng hěn cháng ，nánshēng me ，jiù nàme língxīng jǐ ge rén 。
Yeah! I remember that our school opened up the shower hall at 2pm. Before it opened many people lined up. The line for girls was always really long, but for the guys there were just a few.
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