疏落

shūluò

adjective #98,594

Meanings

1 sparse
2 scattered
3 thinly distributed

Characters

fall; settle; be scattered

Examples

山坡上零星疏落地长着几棵松树。

Shānpō shàng língxīng shūluò de zhǎng zhe jǐ kē sōngshù.

A few pine trees grow scattered and sparse across the slope.

深夜的街道上行人疏落。

Shēnyè de jiēdào shàng xíngrén shūluò.

Pedestrians were sparse on the street late at night.

Tips

usage

Literary; describes a thin, gappy distribution — trees, stars, hair, footsteps. Compare 稀疏 (xīshū), which is the everyday near-synonym.

Stroke Order

疏 shū

落 luò