零星

零星

Chinese

		remnant; zero; to fall	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (零星)		零	星
simp. #(零星)		零	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): língxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ sing¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): làng-sâng
• Min Nan (POJ): lân-san / lêng-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: língxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingshing
    • IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ sing¹
    • Yale: lìhng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ xing¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: langˇ sang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang² sang¹
    • IPA: /laŋ¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-san / lêng-seng
    • Tâi-lô: lân-san / lîng-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lansafn, lengsefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² san³³/, /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

• lân-san - colloquial (all senses);
• lêng-seng - literary (adjective).

Adjective

零星

1. fragmentary
2. sporadic; scattered

Synonyms

• (scattered): 零散 (língsǎn), 零碎 (língsuì)

Noun

零星

1. (Min Nan) change (of money)
2. (Min Nan) snack

Derived terms

零星錢／零星钱

零零星星