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零星

líng xīng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

零星 (líng xīng) means "fragmentary; random; bits and pieces". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 零星 means

1. fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces
2. sporadic; scattered

The characters in 零星

• 零língzero; nought; zero sign
• 星xīngstar; heavenly body; satellite

Example sentences

• 池塘里漂浮着零星的几片落叶。
  Chítáng lǐ piāofú zhe língxīng de jǐ piàn luòyè.
  A few fragments of dead leaves floated on the pond.

Where 零星 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · líng–lǐng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read líng xīng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.