零 (ling4 | ling2 lian2 ling4) : zero

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零

ling4

ling2 lian2 ling4

[1] zero; nil; nought [2] [n] fragment; fraction; fractional; remainder [3] [v] flow down [4] [n] light rain; drizzle

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: (#173)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

零

Don't confuse with:
雪雷需

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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零丁 ling4 ding1 = alone

零舍 ling4 se3 = especially 粵

零食 ling4 sik6 = between-meal snacks

零點 ling4 dim2 = a la carte

零件 ling4 gin6*2 ling2 jian4 = spare parts; spares

七零八落 cat1 ling4 baat3 lok6 qi1 ling2 ba1 luo4 = scattered here and there; in disorder

零吃 ling4 hek3 ling2 chi1 = junk food

孤零零 gu1 ling4*1 ling4*1 gu1 ling2 ling2 = lonely; solitary, all alone

非零 fei1 ling4 fei1 ling2 = non-zero

零和遊戲 ling4 wo4 jau4 hei3 = a zero-sum game
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Showing all 2 examples containing 零

啲蚊零舍毒，咬嚫啲蚊赧到而家都未消粵
These mosquitoes especially potent as the swellings from their bites have yet to subside.

佢份人零舍柯箇粵
He behaves in a particularly affected way.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 零
Unicode code for this character: U+96F6 (off-site link)

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