líng

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Definitions

  1. 1. zero
  2. 2. nought
  3. 3. zero sign
  4. 4. fractional
  5. 5. fragmentary
  6. 6. odd (of numbers)
  7. 7. (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
  8. 8. fraction
  9. 9. (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
  10. 10. extra
  11. 11. to wither and fall
  12. 12. to wither

Example Sentences

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我爸一週給我10塊 用錢。
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Words Containing 零

孤零零
gū líng líng

lone

零下
líng xià

below zero

零件
líng jiàn

part

零售
líng shòu

to retail

零星
líng xīng

fragmentary

零花钱
líng huā qián

pocket money

零钱
líng qián

change (of money)

零食
líng shí

between-meal nibbles

一千零一夜
yī qiān líng yī yè

The Book of One Thousand and One Nights

丁零当啷
dīng ling dāng lāng

(onom.) sound of a bell: ding-a-ling

七零八落
qī líng bā luò

(idiom) everything broken and in disorder

七零八碎
qī líng bā suì

bits and pieces

九零后
jiǔ líng hòu

90s generation

公共零点
gōng gòng líng diǎn

common zeros (of system of equations)

凋零
diāo líng

withered

动态清零
dòng tài qīng líng

zero-COVID (policy)

化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng

to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one

四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng

drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)

地面零点
dì miàn líng diǎn

Ground Zero (refers to the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in 9-11-2001 attack)

从零开始
cóng líng kāi shǐ

to start from scratch

感激涕零
gǎn jī tì líng

to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears

找零
zhǎo líng

to give change

拾零
shí líng

to pick up bits

归零
guī líng

to reset to zero

归零地
guī líng dì

Ground Zero

涕零
tì líng

to shed tears

净零
jìng líng

net zero (net-zero carbon emissions)

清零
qīng líng

to restore sth to its initial state

琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng

floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position

畸零
jī líng

fractional part of a real number

绝对零度
jué duì líng dù

absolute zero

近零
jìn líng

close to zero

鸡零狗碎
jī líng gǒu suì

in pieces

零乱
líng luàn

in disorder

零备件
líng bèi jiàn

spare part

零八宪章
líng bā xiàn zhāng

Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008

零功率堆
líng gōng lǜ duī

zero power reactor

零吃
líng chī

(coll.) snack food

零和
líng hé

zero-sum (game, in economics etc)

零和博弈
líng hé bó yì

zero-sum game (economics)

零售商
líng shòu shāng

retailer

零售店
líng shòu diàn

shop

零嘴
líng zuǐ

nibbles

零基础
líng jī chǔ

no prior study (in an area of learning)

零容忍
líng róng rěn

zero tolerance

零工
líng gōng

temporary job; odd job

零工经济
líng gōng jīng jì

gig economy

零度
líng dù

zero degree

零废弃
líng fèi qì

zero waste

零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo

to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

零担
líng dān

less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation)

零散
líng sǎn

scattered

零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ

to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

零数
líng shù

the part of a number which is discarded when rounding down

零族
líng zú

lit. zero group

零日
líng rì

zero-day (attack, vulnerability etc) (computing)

零日漏洞
líng rì lòu dòng

zero-day vulnerability (computing)

零时
líng shí

midnight

零曲率
líng qū lǜ

zero curvature

零用
líng yòng

incidental expenses

零用金
líng yòng jīn

petty cash

零用钱
líng yòng qián

pocket money

零的
líng de

small change

零碎
líng suì

scattered and fragmentary

零等待状态
líng děng dài zhuàng tài

zero wait state (computing)

零缺点
líng quē diǎn

zero defect

零声母
líng shēng mǔ

(Chinese linguistics) zero initial (the initial of a syllable that does not begin with a consonant)

零落
líng luò

withered and fallen

零号
líng hào

(slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship)

零号病人
líng hào bìng rén

(epidemiology) patient zero

零买
líng mǎi

to buy detail

零起点
líng qǐ diǎn

from zero

零距离
líng jù lí

zero distance

零部件
líng bù jiàn

spare part; component

零陵
líng líng

Lingling district of Yongzhou city 永州市[yǒng zhōu shì], Hunan

零陵区
líng líng qū

Lingling district of Yongzhou city 永州市[yǒng zhōu shì], Hunan

零杂
líng zá

bit and pieces

零零星星
líng líng xīng xīng

odd

零头
líng tóu

odd

零点
líng diǎn

midnight

零点五
líng diǎn wǔ

zero point five, 0.5

零点定理
líng diǎn dìng lǐ

Hilbert's zeros theorem (math.)

零点能
líng diǎn néng

zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect)

非零
fēi líng

nonzero

飘零
piāo líng

to fall and wither (like autumn leaves)