零星

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Chinese

remnant; zero; to fall star; satellite; small amount
trad. (零星) 零 星
simp. #(零星) 零 星

Pronunciation

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

    Adjective

    零星

    1. fragmentary
    2. sporadic; scattered

    Synonyms

    • (fragmentary): 碎 (suì)
    • (scattered):

    Antonyms

    • (antonym(s) of “scattered”):

    Noun

    零星

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

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 零錢 (“banknotes of small value or coins”)
    Variety Location Words
    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
    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
    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 (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
    Loudi 零錢子, 零錢
    Dialectal synonyms of 零用錢 (“pocket money”)
    Variety Location Words
    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
    Yudu 零錢
    Huizhou Jixi 零用錢
    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
    Loudi 零用, 零錢子, 零錢
    Dialectal synonyms of 零食 (“snack”)
    Variety Location Words
    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
    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
    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

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    Sino-Xenic (零星):
    • → Korean: 영성(零星) (yeongseong)
    • → Vietnamese: linh tinh (零星)
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