零零星星

Chinese

		remnant; zero; to fall	remnant; zero; to fall	star; satellite; small amount	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (零零星星)		零	零	星	星
simp. #(零零星星)		零	零	星	星
AABB-type reduplication of 零星 (língxīng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línglíngxīngxīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ ling⁴ sing¹ sing¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): làng-làng-sâng-sâng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lang² lang² sang¹ sang¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-lân-san-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línglíngxīngxīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línglíngsingsing
    • Wade–Giles: ling²-ling²-hsing¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: líng-líng-syīng-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linglingshingshing
    • Palladius: линлинсинсин (linlinsinsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ liŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ ling⁴ sing¹ sing¹
    • Yale: lìhng lìhng sīng sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ ling⁴ sing¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ling⁴ xing¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ lɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng-làng-sâng-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: langˇ langˇ sang´ sang´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lang² lang² sang¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹ laŋ¹¹ saŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lang² lang² sang¹ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹ laŋ¹¹ saŋ⁴⁴ saŋ⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lân-lân-san-san
    • Tâi-lô: lân-lân-san-san
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lanlansansafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lan²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² lan²⁴⁻²² san³³ san³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² lan¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴⁻²² san⁴⁴/

Adjective

零零星星

1. fragmentary; sporadic; scattered

Synonyms

• 分散 (fēnsàn)
• 散漫 (literary)
• 零散
• 零星 (língxīng)
• 零碎 (língsuì)

 

Antonyms

• 統一／统一 (tǒngyī)
• 集中 (jízhōng)