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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

零 [líng]

1. noun [零数] zero
2. noun [零头] odd

她年纪七十有零。

She's seventy-odd years old.
3. adjective [部分的] odd

零活

odd jobs

零钱

small change
4. adjective [部分的] spare

零件

spare parts
5. verb wither

凋零

wither and fall
6. conjunction

两年零三个月

two years and three months

五元零二分

five yuan two fen

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

零 [líng]

1. adjective fragmentary; fractional

这种纸都是一本一本的，没有零的。

This kind of paper comes in pads; there are no individual sheets.
2. noun fragment; fraction

把零儿去了，就要个整儿。

Round off that fraction to a whole number.
3. numeral in expressions of time, age, money, weight, etc., used between two different denominations, even when these are consecutive if the excess is to be emphasized

五点零一分（5∶01）

five oh one

一岁零五个月

one year and five months old

一年零三天

one year and three days
4. numeral representing a final or a medial zero in serial numbers or in designations of years, in which each digit is spoken separately; now usually replaced by ○

一九八零年或一九八○年

(the year) 1980 (nineteen eighty)

二零五号或二○五号

No. 205 (number two-oh-five)
5. numeral the number or figure ○; nought; zero; nil;O,o

零比零

no score; love all

上半场的比分是二比零。

The score at half-time was two-nil (or two-nothing).

我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。

My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.
6. numeral the lowest point on a thermometer; zero

零上(下)五度

five degrees above (below) zero

摄氏零下十度

10 degrees below zero centigrade; minus 10 degrees centigrade
7. verb withered

凋零

(of flowers and plants) wither

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

零 [líng]

1. 动 (雨、露、眼泪等)落下

感激涕零。
2. 动 (草木的花叶)枯萎下落

零落

飘零

凋零。
3. 形分散的；细碎的

化整为零

零件

零卖。
4. 名不够一定单位的零碎数量；整数以外的尾数

年纪七十有零

零头

零数。
5. 数 a)用于表示质量、长度、时间、年岁等两位数中间，表示单位较高的量下附有单位较低的量

五斤零六两

三点零一刻

一岁零五个月

一丈零二尺

一年零十天。
6. b)表示小于任何正数，大于任何负数的数。

三减三等于零

我的医学知识几乎等于零。
7. c)在大写汉字数字中表示数的空位

叄仟柒佰零伍圆整。
8. d)某些量度的计算起点

零下五度

零点二十分。
9. 不能简化为"另"。

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Examples

我在物理学方面的知识，几乎等于零。: My knowledge of physics is practically nil.
我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。: My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.
我只想买这套茶具中的杯子，但是他们不拆零出售。: I only want to buy the cups in this tea set, but they don't sell it part by part.
这种零配件随处可以买到。: These spare parts can be bought everywhere.
这个小市场专门批零各种饰品。: This small marketplace specializes in the wholesale and retail of all kinds of ornaments.
三减三等于零: 17 more results

Character Decomposition

[yǔ]	+	令 [lìng]

Stroke Order

Total Strokes: 13

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nciku Note

Financial Characters

Financial Characters
大写
dà xiě

Capitalization of Chinese numerals began in the Ming Dynasty to prevent forgeries on official documents. Today they are used in the banking and financial fields. They also appear on today’s RMB.

Zero	〇	零	líng
One	一	壹	yī
Two	二	贰	èr
Three	三	叁	sān
Four	四	肆	sì
Five	五	伍	wǔ
Six	六	陆	liù
Seven	七	柒	qī
Eight	八	捌	bā
Nine	九	玖	jiǔ
Ten	十	拾	shí
Hundred	百	佰	bǎi
Thousand	千	仟	qiān

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