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零星 língxīng

零星 língxīng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 零星 língxīng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
língxīng | ling2 xing1
English translation
fragmentary
random
bits and pieces
sporadic

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About 零星 língxīng

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Traditional form

零星 língxīng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 零星 língxīng

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líng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Líng represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to fall (of rain/snow)". The meaning later shifted to "scattered", "fragment", "fraction", "remainder", and "zero".

Phonetic compound

Líng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

雨令

Number of Strokes

13
xīng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and shēng represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

shēng

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

日生

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 零星 língxīng

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打量 dǎliang zhāo 吧台 bā tái 那边 nà bian 零星 língxīng de 几个 jǐ ge 顾客 gùkè

He surveyed the handful of custo-mers at the bar.

chú le 一些 yī xiē 零星 língxīng de 抵抗 dǐkàng wài 部队 bù duì 控制 kòngzhì le 城市 chéngshì

The army controls the city apart from a few pockets of resistance.

除了 chúle 一些 yī xiē 零星 língxīng de 情况 qíngkuàng wài 什么 shénme 知道 zhīdào

I knew nothing beyond a few random facts.

他们 tā men 现在 xiànzài 已经 yǐjīng 远离 yuǎn lí le 最远 zuì yuǎn de 零星 língxīng 分布 fēnbù de 郊区 jiāoqū 了。

They were beyond the last straggling suburbs now.

只能 zhǐ néng 零星 língxīng de 听懂 tīng dǒng 一两个单词 dān cí

He could only understand a word here and there.

零星 língxīng Decomposition

See the 6 Chinese characters that make up 零星 língxīng and their own compounds.

零星 língxīng Compounds

See all 16 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 零星 língxīng in their composition.

  • líng
    • , líng ,
  • xīng
    • xǐng , xīng , xīng , xīng , děng , qíng , , , , , , ,
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