零星 (língxīng): sporadic

Meanings

Jīntiān yǒu língxīng xiǎoyǔ, chūmén dài sǎn.

There will be sporadic light rain today — bring an umbrella when you go out.

Tā zhǐ yǒu língxīng de jìyì, xiǎng bù qǐ shìjiàn de quánmào.

He only has scattered memories and cannot recall the full picture of the event.

memory

零 means 'odd; scattered; remainder' and 星 means 'star'. Scattered stars in the sky — a vivid image for sporadic, isolated occurrences.

零 líng

星 xīng