Chinese symbol for “fragmentary”
零星
líng xīng
fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fragmentary is 零星 (líng xīng), defined as: fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “fragmentary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 琐 (瑣) | suǒ | fragmentary; trifling |
| 零 | líng | zero; nought |
| 碎 | suì | (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered |
| 璅 | suǒ | fragmentary; trifling |
| 零零星星 | líng líng xīng xīng | odd; piecemeal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 零星.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 零售 | líng shòu | to retail; to sell in small quantities |
| 零件 | líng jiàn | part; component |
| 零部件 | líng bù jiàn | spare part; component |
| 零食 | líng shí | snack; nibbles |
| 零钱 (零錢) | líng qián | change (of money); small change |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; 个 (gè) |
| 明星 | míng xīng | star; celebrity |
| 卫星 (衛星) | wèi xīng | (aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fragmentary”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.