零散

Chinese

		remnant; zero; to fall	adjourn; scatter; leisurely adjourn; scatter; leisurely; loosen; powdered medicine; to scatter; to come loose
trad. (零散)		零	散
simp. ^#(零散)		零	散

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língsǎn, língsàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄢˇ, ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ saan³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-sàn / lêng-sóaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língsǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língsǎn
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-san³
  - Yale: líng-sǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingsaan
  - Palladius: линсань (linsanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ sän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língsàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄙㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língsàn
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-san⁴
  - Yale: líng-sàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingsann
  - Palladius: линсань (linsanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ sän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ saan³
  - Yale: lìhng saan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ saan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ san³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ saːn³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-sàn
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-sàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengsaxn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² san⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² san²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² san²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-sóaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-suánn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengsvoar
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² suã⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² suã⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² suã⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

零散

scattered

Synonyms

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分散 (fēnsàn)
散漫 (literary)
零星 (língxīng)
零碎 (língsuì)
零零星星 (línglíngxīngxīng)

Antonyms

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統一 / 统一 (tǒngyī)
集中 (jízhōng)