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零下

líng xià

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

零下 (líng xià) means "below zero". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 零下 means

1. below zero (esp. temperature)

The characters in 零下

• 零língzero; nought; zero sign
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Example sentences

• 现在是零下十度。
  Xiànzài shì língxià shí dù.
  It is ten degrees below zero now.
• 今天早上温度降到了零下。
  Jīntiān zǎoshang wēndù jiàng dào le língxià.
  The temperature has fallen below zero this morning.

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read líng xià correctly.
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