"Bits" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 屑 |  xiè | bits / fragments / crumbs / filings / trifling / trivial / to condescend to |   |
| 碎末 | suì mò | flecks / particles / bits / fine powder | |
| 末屑 | mò xiè | bits / scraps | |
| 渣子 | zhā zi | dregs / bits / dregs (of society) | |
| 花絮 | huā xù | bits of news / interesting sidelights | |
| 零星 | líng xīng | fragmentary / piecemeal / in bits and pieces / sporadic / scattered | |
| 杂物 | zá wù | junk / items of no value / various bits and bobs | |
| 细碎 | xì suì | fragments / bits and pieces | |
| 砸碎 | zá suì | to pulverize / to smash to bits | |
| 凑齐 | còu qí | to collect all the bits to make a whole | |
| 边角料 | biān jiǎo liào | scrap / bits and pieces left over | |
| 位 | wèi | position / location / place / seat / classifier for people (honorific) / classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 / 16-bit or 2 bytes) / (physics) potential | |
| 拾零 | shí líng | to pick up bits / to collect scrap material / tidbits / gleanings (used as gossip) | |
| 一鳞半爪 | yī lín bàn zhuǎ | lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / only odd bits and pieces | |
| 杂凑 | zá còu | to put together various bits / to knock sth together / hash (computing) / see also 散列[san3 lie4] | |
| 零敲碎打 | líng qiāo suì dǎ | to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work | |
| 零打碎敲 | líng dǎ suì qiāo | to do things in bits and pieces (idiom) / piecemeal work | |
| 七七八八 | qī qī bā bā | almost / nearing completion / bits and piece / of all kinds | |
| 边角科 | biān jiǎo kē | leftover bits and pieces (of industrial, material) | |
| 七零八碎 | qī líng bā suì | bits and pieces / scattered fragments | |
| 唾余 | tuò yú | crumbs from the table of one's master / castoffs / bits of rubbish / idle talk / casual remarks | |
| 余码 | yú mǎ | excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal) | |
| 笑点 | xiào diǎn | funny bits / humorous parts / jokes / punchline | |
| 批头 | pī tóu | screwdriving bits | |
| 俩钱 | liǎ qián | two bits / a small amount of money | |
| 一鳞半爪 | yī lín bàn zhǎo | lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom) / fig. only odd bits and pieces | |
| 东拼西凑 | dōng pīn xī còu | (idiom) to assemble from bits and pieces / to combine items from disparate sources | |
