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
Northern Min (KCR): lâing-sáing
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lân-san / lêng-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língsing
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-hsing¹
  - Yale: líng-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingshing
  - Palladius: линсин (linsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ sing¹
  - Yale: lìhng sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: làng-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: lang^ˇ sang^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lang² sang¹
  - Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹ saŋ²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lâing-sáing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laiŋ³³ saiŋ⁵⁴/
Southern Min
- (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 siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lan²⁴⁻²² san³³/, /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lan¹³⁻²² san⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lan²⁴⁻¹¹ san⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lan²³⁻³³ san⁴⁴/, /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

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

Adjective

零星

Synonyms

(fragmentary): 碎 (suì)
(scattered):

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分散 (fēnsàn)
散漫 (literary)
零散
零碎 (língsuì)
零零星星 (línglíngxīngxīng)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “scattered”):

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統一 / 统一 (tǒngyī)
集中 (jízhōng)

Noun

零星

(Hokkien) remaining balance; remaining amount
(Hokkien) banknotes of small value or coins
(Hokkien) pocket money
(Pingxiang Gan, Hokkien, Northern Min, Loudi Xiang) snack

Synonyms

(remaining balance): (Hokkien) 零星尾

Dialectal synonyms of 零錢 (“banknotes of small value or coins”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		散錢
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		零錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	零錢
	Harbin	零錢
	Malaysia	散錢
	Singapore	散錢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	零票兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	零錢
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	零錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	零錢
	Xi'an	零錢
	Xining	零錢
	Xuzhou	零錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零票子, 零錢
	Lanzhou	零錢
	Ürümqi	零錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零錢
	Wuhan	零錢
	Guiyang	零錢
	Liuzhou	散錢, 散票, 散紙, 小紙
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	零錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	零頭錢, 零頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	散紙, 碎紙, 散銀, 碎銀
	Hong Kong	散紙, 碎銀, 散銀, 碎紙
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	散銀
	Macau	散紙
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	散紙, 碎紙
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	濕碎錢
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	碎紙
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	碎錢, 散紙
	Foshan	散紙, 碎紙
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	散紙
	Foshan (Shunde)	散紙
	Foshan (Sanshui)	濕碎錢
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	零頭錢
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	散紙
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	散紙
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	散使
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	散使
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	散使錢
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	散使
	Taishan	散紙, 碎銀, 碎紙, 散使
	Kaiping (Chikan)	散紙, 碎紙, 散使
	Enping (Niujiang)	散使
	Heshan (Yayao)	濕碎錢
	Dongguan	散紙, 碎紙
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	散紙
Gan	Nanchang	零錢
	Lichuan	零仔
	Pingxiang	零錢
Hakka	Meixian	零錢, 細錢, 散紙, 碎紙
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	散紙
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	散紙
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	散紙
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	散紙
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	散紙
	Yudu	零錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	零錢, 零星錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	零錢, 零星錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	零錢, 零星錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	零錢, 零星錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	零錢, 零星錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	零星錢
Huizhou	Jixi	零散
Jin	Taiyuan	零錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	零錢, 碎錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碎錢, 碎票
Southern Min	Xiamen	零星, 散錢, 占找, 角仔, 散占散角, 散占, 小票
	Quanzhou	零星, 散錢, 散占散角, 散占
	Jinjiang	散錢
	Zhangzhou	零星, 散錢, 占找, 散占散角, 散占
	Tainan	零星錢, 散票
	Penang (Hokkien)	散鐳, 零星
	Singapore (Hokkien)	零星
	Manila (Hokkien)	散錢
	Shantou	碎紙, 散紙
	Jieyang	碎紙, 碎銀
	Puning	碎紙, 碎錢
	Leizhou	散紙
	Haikou	零錢, 零碎錢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	散紙, 散錢
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	散紙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	零錢, 散紙, 散錢
Wu	Shanghai	零碎銅鈿, 零碎鈔票, 碎鈔票, 零碎, 零頭
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小鈔票, 零碎銅鈿
	Suzhou	零碎銅鈿, 砂殼子
	Danyang	零頭
	Hangzhou	零碎銅鈿
	Ningbo	零碎銅鈿, 零碎鈔票
	Wenzhou	零碎, 零碎鈔票
Xiang	Changsha	零錢, 散票子
Xiang	Loudi	零錢子, 零錢

Dialectal synonyms of 零用錢 (“pocket money”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		零用錢, 零花錢
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	零花錢, 零花兒
	Taiwan	零用錢
	Chengde	零花錢
	Chifeng	零用錢, 零花錢
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	零花錢
	Heihe	零花錢, 零錢
	Qiqihar	零花錢
	Harbin	零花錢兒, 零錢兒, 零錢, 零花兒
	Jiamusi	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Baicheng	零錢
	Changchun	零花錢
	Tonghua	零花錢
	Shenyang	零用錢, 零錢, 零花錢兒
	Jinzhou	零用錢兒, 零花錢兒, 零錢兒
	Singapore	零用錢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	零花兒
	Tangshan	零花錢
	Cangzhou	零錢
	Baoding	零花錢
	Shijiazhuang	零錢
	Lijin	零花兒
	Jinan	零花錢, 零錢, 零花
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	零花兒錢
	Dandong	零用錢, 零花錢
	Yantai	零花兒錢, 零花兒
	Yantai (Muping)	零花兒, 零錢
	Qingdao	零花兒錢, 零花兒
	Zhucheng	零錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	零花錢兒
	Lingbao	零錢
	Jining	零錢兒, 零花錢
	Wanrong	零錢
	Linfen	零花錢
	Shangqiu	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Yuanyang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Zhengzhou	零花錢
	Xinyang	零錢
	Baihe	零用錢, 零花錢
	Xi'an	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Baoji	零用錢, 零花錢
	Tianshui	零花錢, 零用錢
	Xining	零錢, 零用錢, 零花錢
	Xuzhou	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Fuyang	零花錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零花錢, 零錢
	Lanzhou	零花錢, 零用錢, 零錢
	Dunhuang	零花錢
	Hami	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Ürümqi	零花錢, 零錢
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零用錢
	Nanchong	零用錢, 零錢
	Dazhou	零花錢
	Hanyuan	零用錢
	Xichang	零用錢
	Zigong	零用錢
	Chongqing	零用錢
	Wuhan	零用錢, 零花錢, 零錢
	Yichang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Xiangyang	零用錢, 零花錢
	Tianmen	零用錢
	Guiyang	零用錢
	Zunyi	零用錢
	Bijie	零用錢
	Liping	零用錢
	Zhaotong	零錢
	Dali	零用錢
	Kunming	零用錢兒
	Mengzi	零用錢
	Guilin	零用錢
	Liuzhou	零用錢
	Jishou	零用錢
	Changde	零星錢
	Hanzhong	零用錢, 零花錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	零用錢
	Yangzhou	零用錢
	Lianyungang	零錢
	Lianshui	零用錢
	Nantong	零用錢
	Anqing	零用錢
	Wuhu	零用錢
	Hefei	零花錢
	Hong'an	零用錢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	散使, 閒使
	Hong Kong	零用錢, 零用
	Taishan	散使
Gan	Nanchang	零用錢
Hakka	Meixian	零用
Hakka	Yudu	零錢
Huizhou	Jixi	零用錢
Huizhou	Shexian	零用錢
Jin	Taiyuan	零花錢
	Yangyuan	零錢
	Datong	零花錢
	Xinzhou	零花錢, 零錢
	Lüliang (Lishi)	零花錢兒
	Changzhi	零花錢
	Linhe	零花錢, 零錢
	Jining	零花錢
	Hohhot	零花錢, 零錢
	Erenhot	零花錢, 零錢
	Pingshan	零花錢兒
	Zhangjiakou	零花錢
	Handan	零花錢
	Linzhou	零錢
	Suide	零花錢兒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碎使, 碎錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	零星錢, 零星
	Quanzhou	零星錢, 零星
	Zhangzhou	零星錢, 零星, 零星鐳, 零鐳仔
	Shantou	零用, 摻碎錢
	Haikou	零錢
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	零花錢
Wu	Shanghai	零用銅鈿, 零用鈿
	Shanghai (Chongming)	零用鈿, 零碎銅鈿
	Suzhou	零用鈿
	Danyang	零用銅
	Hangzhou	零用銅鈿, 零用錢
	Ningbo	零用鈿
	Wenzhou	零碎鈔票
	Jinhua	零用個銅鈿
Xiang	Changsha	零用錢
Xiang	Loudi	零用, 零錢子, 零錢

Dialectal synonyms of 零食 (“snack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		零食
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	零吃兒, 零嘴兒
	Taiwan	零食
	Chengde	零嘴兒
	Chifeng	零嘴
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	零嘴
	Heihe	零食, 零嘴兒
	Qiqihar	零食, 零嘴兒
	Harbin	零食, 零嘴兒
	Jiamusi	零食, 零嘴兒
	Baicheng	零食, 零嘴
	Changchun	零嘴兒
	Tonghua	零嘴
	Shenyang	零食, 零嘴兒
	Jinzhou	零食, 零嘴兒
	Singapore	零食
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	零嘴兒
	Tangshan	零食兒, 零嘴兒
	Cangzhou	零食, 零嘴兒
	Baoding	零食兒, 零嘴兒
	Shijiazhuang	零食
	Lijin	零食兒
	Jinan	零嘴, 零嘴兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	零嘴兒
	Dandong	零食, 零嘴兒
	Yantai	零嘴兒
	Yantai (Muping)	零嘴兒, 零食
	Qingdao	零食, 零嘴兒
	Zhucheng	零嘴兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	零嘴兒, 零食兒
	Lingbao	零嘴
	Jining	零嘴兒
	Wanrong	零嘴
	Linfen	零嘴兒, 班吃
	Shangqiu	零食, 零嘴
	Yuanyang	零食, 零吃, 零嘴
	Zhengzhou	零嘴
	Xinyang	零食兒
	Baihe	零食, 零嘴
	Xi'an	零食, 零嘴, 零嘴兒
	Baoji	零食, 零嘴
	Tianshui	零食
	Xining	零食, 零食兒
	Xuzhou	零嘴兒, 零嘴, 零嘴頭子, 零食
	Fuyang	零嘴兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	零食, 零嘴
	Lanzhou	零食, 零嘴, 嘴頭子
	Dunhuang	零嘴
	Hami	零食
	Ürümqi	零嘴
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	零食, 零碎
	Nanchong	零食
	Dazhou	零碎
	Hanyuan	零食, 零嘴
	Xichang	零食, 零嘴
	Zigong	零食
	Chongqing	零食, 香香兒, 零嘴兒
	Wuhan	零食, 零嘴, 雜食
	Yichang	零食
	Xiangyang	零食, 零嘴
	Tianmen	零食, 零吃
	Guiyang	零嘴, 零食, 小嘴
	Zunyi	零食, 零嘴
	Bijie	零食
	Liping	小嘴
	Zhaotong	零嘴
	Dali	零嘴
	Kunming	零食, 零嘴
	Mengzi	零嘴
	Guilin	零嘴, 零食
	Liuzhou	零嘴, 嘴頭, 小口, 零食
	Jishou	零食
	Changde	零食
	Yongzhou	嘴食
	Hanzhong	零食, 零嘴
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	零食, 零嘴
	Yangzhou	零食, 零嘴
	Lianyungang	零食, 零嘴
	Lianshui	零食, 零叼嘴
	Nantong	零食
	Anqing	零嘴
	Wuhu	零嘴
	Hefei	零嘴, 零食
	Hong'an	零食
Cantonese	Guangzhou	口立濕, 口頭立濕, 閒口
	Hong Kong	零食, 口立濕, 垃雜嘢
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	口立濕, 瘦食
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	小口
	Macau	口立濕
	Taishan	圾口
	Dongguan	鹹解
	Nanning	嘴頭, 消口, 小口
	Nanning (Tanka)	消口, 小口
	Wuzhou	小口
	Yulin	小口
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	消口, 小口, 嘴頭
	Hepu (Shatian)	小口
	Guiping	小口
	Guiping (Mule)	小口
	Pingnan	小口
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	小口
	Guigang (Pingdong)	小口
	Beihai	小口
	Beihai (Nankang)	小口
	Beihai (Yingpan)	小口
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	消口
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	消口
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	消口
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	濕碎嘢, 垃雜嘢
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	雜食
	Móng Cái	消口
	Bangkok (Guangfu)	零食
Gan	Nanchang	零碎
	Lichuan	橫性
	Pingxiang	零星
Hakka	Meixian	零食, 小口
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	節欖
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	零嗒
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	小口, 零嗒
	Wuhua (Changbu)	零嗒
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	零嗒
	Liancheng (Peitian)	零星
	Yudu	零食
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	零嗒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	零嗒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	零嗒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	四秀, 噹嗒, 零嗒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	零嗒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	四秀仔, 四秀
	Hong Kong	小口
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	零食
	Sabah (Longchuan)	零食
	Senai (Huiyang)	小口
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	零嗒
	Singkawang	零嗒
	Bangkok (Meixian)	零嗒
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	零嗒
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	零食
Huizhou	Jixi	零嘴
Huizhou	Shexian	零食, 散食
Jin	Taiyuan	零嘴, 零吃
	Yangyuan	零食
	Datong	零嘴
	Xinzhou	搬哩吃哩
	Lüliang (Lishi)	零食
	Changzhi	零吃
	Linhe	零食
	Jining	零食
	Hohhot	零食, 零嘴
	Erenhot	零食
	Pingshan	碎嘴子
	Zhangjiakou	零食, 零吃
	Handan	零食, 零嘴
	Linzhou	零食
	Suide	零食
Northern Min	Jian'ou	零星
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	碎食, 碎乇
Eastern Min	Fuqing	碎食
Southern Min	Xiamen	孑食, 孑屑, 四秀, 零星, 零星物, 零物, 啖糝
	Quanzhou	四秀, 零星, 啖糝
	Zhangzhou	零物仔, 零星, 零星物仔
	Zhao'an	物食仔, 鹹辛仔
	Taipei	四秀仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	四秀
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	四秀仔, 啖糝, 啖糝仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	四秀
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	四秀仔
	Kaohsiung	四秀仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	四秀仔, 啖糝
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	喙食物仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	喙食物仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	四秀仔
	Yilan	四秀
	Yilan (Toucheng)	四秀仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	四秀
	Taichung	四秀
	Taichung (Wuqi)	四秀
	Tainan	四秀, 啖糝, 喙食物, 物食
	Tainan (Anping)	四秀仔, 喙食物仔
	Taitung	四秀仔
	Hsinchu	四秀
	Kinmen	四秀
	Penghu (Magong)	四秀仔, 喙食物
	Penghu (Xiyu)	四秀仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	零星物, 零星
	Manila (Hokkien)	點心, 零食
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	零星
	Shantou	零食, 摻碎食
	Jieyang	物食, 物食囝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	物食
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	物食
	Leizhou	喙頭
	Haikou	喙頭
Central Min	Yong'an	零食
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	嘴頭, 零食, 小口
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	零吃
Wu	Shanghai	閒食, 零食, 小吃
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小吃物事
	Suzhou	零碎, 零食
	Danyang	小食, 零食
	Hangzhou	消閒果兒, 消閒食兒
	Ningbo	閒食, 碎食
	Wenzhou	路食, 閒懶搭食
	Jinhua	閒廚野挾, 閒食, 零食
Xiang	Changsha	零碎
	Loudi	零星
	Quanzhou	零食

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (零星):

→ Korean: 영성(零星) (yeongseong)
→ Vietnamese: linh tinh (零星)