零
líng
zero
Part of speech · numeral
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 现在零下五度。It's minus five degrees.
- 我的电话号码是一三零……。My number is 130…
Collocations
零下零点一零五
Mnemonic
零 líng "zero". Originally "drizzle / small amount" — extended to numerical zero. Used for sub-zero (零下), phone number digits, and year digits. Casually written as 〇.
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Meaning of 零下五度?