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HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 1

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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。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 11811450)

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Words Containing 零

零号
líng hào

(slang) bottom (in a homosexual relationship)

四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng

drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)

零买
líng mǎi

to buy detail

零散
líng sǎn

scattered

零备件
líng bèi jiàn

spare part

近零
jìn líng

close to zero

零部件
líng bù jiàn

spare part; component

零曲率
líng qū lǜ

zero curvature

零基础
líng jī chǔ

no prior study (in an area of learning)

零容忍
líng róng rěn

zero tolerance

非零
fēi líng

nonzero

涕零
tì líng

to shed tears

归零
guī líng

to reset to zero

零工经济
líng gōng jīng jì

gig economy

琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng

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

孤零零
gū líng líng

lone

归零地
guī líng dì

Ground Zero

找零
zhǎo líng

to give change

零吃
líng chī

(coll.) snack food

感激涕零
gǎn jī tì líng

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

零下
líng xià

below zero

丁零当啷
dīng ling dāng lāng

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

清零
qīng líng

to restore sth to its initial state

一千零一夜
yī qiān líng yī yè

The Book of One Thousand and One Nights

零花钱
líng huā qián

pocket money

零杂
líng zá

bit and pieces

零乱
líng luàn

in disorder

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)

七零八碎
qī líng bā suì

bits and pieces

净零
jìng líng

net zero (net-zero carbon emissions)

公共零点
gōng gòng líng diǎn

common zeros (of system of equations)

零等待状态
líng děng dài zhuàng tài

zero wait state (computing)

零工
líng gōng

temporary job; odd job

零号病人
líng hào bìng rén

(epidemiology) patient zero

绝对零度
jué duì líng dù

absolute zero

零件
líng jiàn

part

零的
líng de

small change

零点能
líng diǎn néng

zero-point energy (quantum mechanical vacuum effect)

零声母
líng shēng mǔ

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

零陵
líng líng

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

零和博弈
líng hé bó yì

zero-sum game (economics)

零和
líng hé

zero-sum (game, in economics etc)

拾零
shí líng

to pick up bits

零数
líng shù

the part of a number which is discarded when rounding down

动态清零
dòng tài qīng líng

zero-COVID (policy)

九零后
jiǔ líng hòu

90s generation

七零八落
qī líng bā luò

(idiom) everything broken and in disorder

零八宪章
líng bā xiàn zhāng

Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008

零日
líng rì

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

零废弃
líng fèi qì

zero waste

零售商
líng shòu shāng

retailer

从零开始
cóng líng kāi shǐ

to start from scratch

零功率堆
líng gōng lǜ duī

zero power reactor

零度
líng dù

zero degree

飘零
piāo líng

to fall and wither (like autumn leaves)

畸零
jī líng

fractional part of a real number

凋零
diāo líng

withered

零碎
líng suì

scattered and fragmentary

零落
líng luò

withered and fallen

零售店
líng shòu diàn

shop

零陵区
líng líng qū

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

零食
líng shí

between-meal nibbles

零用金
líng yòng jīn

petty cash

零零星星
líng líng xīng xīng

odd

零头
líng tóu

odd

零时
líng shí

midnight

化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng

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

零起点
líng qǐ diǎn

from zero

零嘴
líng zuǐ

nibbles

零星
líng xīng

fragmentary

零售
líng shòu

to retail

零用钱
líng yòng qián

pocket money

零用
líng yòng

incidental expenses

零族
líng zú

lit. zero group

零钱
líng qián

change (of money)

零距离
líng jù lí

zero distance

零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo

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

零点
líng diǎn

midnight

零担
líng dān

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

零日漏洞
líng rì lòu dòng

zero-day vulnerability (computing)

零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ

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

鸡零狗碎
jī líng gǒu suì

in pieces

零缺点
líng quē diǎn

zero defect

零点定理
líng diǎn dìng lǐ

Hilbert's zeros theorem (math.)

零点五
líng diǎn wǔ

zero point five, 0.5