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  • 1

    adj.fragmentary; odd

    • zhè jié kè wǒ zhǐ jì le líng xīng bǐ jì

      零星笔记

      I only took a few notes in this class.

    • tā zhěng lǐ le líng xīng cái liào

      整理零星材料

      He sorted out scraps of material.

    • guān yú zhè ge àn jiàn zhǐ yǒu líng xīng zhèng jù

      关于这个案件只有零星证据

      There is only fragmentary evidence about the case.

  • 2

    adj.scattered

    • wài miàn xià zhe líng xīng xiǎo yǔ

      外面零星小雨

      It was raining patchy.

    • líng xīng de bào lì shì jiàn zài zhè lǐ shí yǒu fā shēng

      零星暴力事件这里发生

      Sporadic violence has broken out here.

    • guān yú zhè jiàn shì zhǐ yǒu líng xīng de jì zǎi

      关于只有零星记载

      There are only scattered accounts of the event.

Word usage

  • Note
    "零星" is different from "零碎" and "零散". "零碎" means incompleteness, and has noun usage; "零星" means the small number; "零散" means the scattered state.
  • "零星" can be reduplicated, for example: "零零星星".
    • 只有证据证实这个理论

      There is only fragmentary evidence to support this theory.