零星
língxīng
scattered; sporadic
Characters in this word
星 xīng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 零星降雨难以缓解旱情，农业部门仍需启动临时灌溉方案。 Língxīng jiàngyǔ nányǐ huǎnjiě hànqíng, nóngyè bùmén réng xū qǐdòng línshí guàngài fāng'àn. Sporadic rainfall is unlikely to ease the drought, so the agricultural department still needs to launch a temporary irrigation plan.
- 山坡上零星开着几朵野花。 Shānpō shàng língxīng kāi zhe jǐ duǒ yěhuā. A few wildflowers are blooming here and there on the hillside.
- 夜里只听见零星的几声狗叫，其他什么声音都没有。 Yè lǐ zhǐ tīngjiàn língxīng de jǐ shēng gǒu jiào, qítā shénme shēngyīn dōu méiyǒu. At night only a few scattered dog barks could be heard, and no other sound at all.