零丁
ling4 ding1líng dīng
English
- variant of 伶仃[ling2 ding1]
- scattered; spread out
- (of number) not whole, fragmentary; or a small fraction apart from the whole
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容數目上好零碎，唔完整、唔齊頭；或指總體以外餘下嘅極少部份。
Examples
零零丁丁
Being apart from the whole and left behind
孤苦零丁
Being alone and suffered
爭嗰一個幾毫咁零丁，唔好同我計啦。
Just a few pennies, that's a small fraction of the whole, don't be so serious about that.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk