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零

líng

HSK 1 Character

What 零 means

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

Example sentences

• 这是找零。
  Zhè shì zhǎolíng.
  Here's the change.
• 有零钱吗？
  Do you have any small change?
• 我没零钱。
  I don't have any change.
• 这是你零钱。
  Here is your change.
• 零在一前面。
  Zero comes before one.
• 不用找零钱了。
  Keep the change!

Words starting with 零

• 零食líng shísnack; nibbles
• 零钱líng qiánchange (of money); small change; pocket money
• 零件líng jiànpart; component
• 零星líng xīngfragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
• 零售líng shòuto retail; to sell individually or in small quantities
• 零点líng diǎnmidnight; to order à la carte; (math) zero of a function
• 零下líng xiàbelow zero (esp. temperature)
• 零花钱líng huā qiánpocket money; allowance
• 零碎líng suìscattered and fragmentary; scraps; odds and ends
• 零部件líng bù jiànspare part; component
• 零售商líng shòu shāngretailer; shopkeeper; retail merchant
• 零散líng sǎnscattered
• 零用钱líng yòng qiánpocket money; allowance; spending money
• 零乱líng luànin disorder; a complete mess
• 零时líng shímidnight; zero hour
• 零落líng luòwithered and fallen; scattered; sporadic
• 零度líng dùzero degree
• 零头líng tóuodd; scrap; remainder
• 零售店líng shòu diànshop; retail store
• 零吃líng chī(colloquial) snack food
• 零和líng hézero-sum (game, in economics etc)
• 零嘴líng zuǐnibbles; snacks between meals
• 零工líng gōngtemporary job; odd job
• 零担líng dānless-than-truck-load freight (LTL) (transportation)

Words containing 零

• 孤零零gū líng línglone; isolated and without help; all alone
• 飘零piāo língto fall and wither (like autumn leaves); (fig.) drifting and homeless
• 凋零diāo língwithered; wilted; to wither
• 感激涕零gǎn jī tì língto shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
• 找零zhǎo língto give change (after a cash transaction); the change (money) given back
• 抹零mǒ líng(of a seller) to round down the fractional part of a bill
• 拾零shí língto pick up bits; to collect scrap material; tidbits
• 归零guī língto reset to zero; (fig.) to start again from scratch; to go back to square one
• 涕零tì língto shed tears; to weep
• 净零jìng língnet zero (net-zero carbon emissions)
• 清零qīng língto restore sth to its initial state; to reset (an odometer etc); to empty (a bank account)
• 畸零jī língfractional part of a real number; odd fractional remnant; lone person
• 近零jìn língclose to zero
• 非零fēi língnonzero
• 九零后jiǔ líng hòu90s generation
• 归零地Guī líng dìGround Zero
• 丁零当啷dīng ling dāng lāng(onomatopoeia) sound of a bell: ding-a-ling
• 七零八碎qī líng bā suìbits and pieces; scattered fragments
• 七零八落qī líng bā luò(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
• 公共零点gōng gòng líng diǎncommon zeros (of system of equations)
• 动态清零dòng tài qīng língzero-COVID (policy)
• 化整为零huà zhěng wéi língto break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one…
• 四海飘零sì hǎi piāo língdrifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
• 地面零点dì miàn líng diǎnground zero

Characters built on 令

These share the phonetic component 令 (lìng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead
• 龄língage; length of experience, membership etc
• 岭língused in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 铃líng(small) bell
• 玲líng(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 聆líng(literary) to hear; to listen
• 羚língantelope
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)

Characters that look like 零

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 掌zhǎngpalm of the hand; sole of the foot; paw
• 琴qínguqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 雾wùfog; mist
• 暮mùevening; sunset
• 廖Liàosurname Liao

Sounds the same

Read líng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 龄age; length of experience, membership etc
• 灵quick; alert; efficacious
• 凌to approach; to rise high; thick ice
• 铃(small) bell
• 陵mound; tomb; hill
• 伶(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)
• 岭used in 岭𫶕líng yíng
• 玲(onomatopoeia) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲珑); tinkling of gem-pendants
• 菱(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 令used in 脊令; used in 令狐
• 苓fungus; tuber
• 绫damask; thin silk