零碎

língsuì

adjective #21,314

Meanings

1 scattered and fragmentary
2 odds and ends
3 piecemeal
4 miscellaneous scraps

Characters

scattered / zero / fragmentary

broken / smashed / fragmentary

Examples

他把一些零碎的想法记在了笔记本上。

Tā bǎ yīxiē língsuì de xiǎngfǎ jì zài le bǐjìběn shàng.

He jotted down some scattered thoughts in his notebook.

桌上堆满了各种零碎的物品。

Zhuō shàng duī mǎn le gèzhǒng língsuì de wùpǐn.

The desk was piled with all kinds of odds and ends.

她用零碎的时间学习英语。

Tā yòng língsuì de shíjiān xuéxí yīngyǔ.

She uses pockets of spare time to study English.

Tips

memory

零 means 'zero / scattered' and 碎 means 'broken into pieces' — together 零碎 evokes things scattered and broken up into small fragments. Think of shattered glass: zero pieces of a whole.

Stroke Order

零 líng

碎 suì