零丁

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 零丁 – see 伶仃 (“lonely; lonesome; solitary; alone and helpless; emaciated; scrawny; skin and bones; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 伶仃).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ ding¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ling⁴ ding¹
    • Yale: lìhng dīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ ding¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ding¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ tɪŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

零丁

1. (Cantonese, of a number) not whole; fragmentary