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零
líng
1. zero
2. nought
3. zero sign
4. fractional
5. fragmentary
6. odd (of numbers)
7. (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
8. fraction
9. (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
10. extra
11. to wither and fall
12. to wither
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

零
líng
zero; fragment, fraction
HSK 2 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

凋零
diāolíng
withered
找零
zhǎolíng
to give change
拾零
shílíng
to pick up bits
涕零
tìlíng
to shed tears
清零
qīnglíng
(computing) to clear memory
漂零
piāolíng
variant of [[飄零|飘零<piāolíng>]]
畸零
jīlíng
fractional part of a real number
近零
jìnlíng
to approach zero (in calculus)
雕零
diāolíng
variant of [[凋零<diāolíng>]]
零丁
língdīng
variant of [[伶仃<língdīng>]]
零下
língxià
below zero
零乱
língluàn
in disorder
零件
língjiàn
part
HSK 5
零吃
língchī
(coll.) snack food
零和
línghé
zero-sum (game, in economics etc)
零售
língshòu
to retail
零嘴
língzuǐ
nibbles
零工
línggōng
temporary job
零度
língdù
zero degree
零担
língdān
less-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
1,341
Word Frequency Rank
2,197 of 84,292

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