星星點點

Chinese

		star; satellite; small amount	star; satellite; small amount	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word))	point; dot; (decimal) point point; dot; (decimal) point; o'clock; (measure word))
trad. (星星點點)		星	星	點	點
simp. (星星点点)		星	星	点	点

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngxīngdiǎndiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ sing¹ dim² dim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngxīngdiǎndiǎn [Phonetic: xīngxīngdiándiǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singsingdiǎndiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-hsing¹-tien³-tien³
    • Yale: syīng-syīng-dyǎn-dyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingshingdeandean
    • Palladius: синсиндяньдянь (sinsindjanʹdjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sing¹ sing¹ dim² dim²
    • Yale: sīng sīng dím dím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sing¹ sing¹ dim² dim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xing¹ xing¹ dim² dim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ tiːm³⁵ tiːm³⁵/

Idiom

星星點點

1. many and scattered
2. in bits and pieces; scrappy