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 | 零1 | | líng | 动 | | 1 wither  零落 |
| 2 〈书〉 (of rain, tears, etc. ) fall: | | | 感激涕零 shed grateful tears |
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| 零2 | | líng | 名形数 | | | I 名 (零儿) fragment; fraction; odd lot: | | | 年纪六十有零 60-odd years old; a little over 60 years old | | | 把零去了，就要个整数。 Round off that fraction to a whole number. |
| II 形 fragmentary; fractional (opp. 整): | | | 零趸批发 sell by retail and wholesale | | | 可以买成套的，也可以买零的。 One can buy sets as well as odd-lot pieces. |
| 1 [in expressions of time, age, money, weight, etc. , used between two different denomination]: | | | 三块零五分 (￥3. 05) three yuan and five fen | | | 五点零五分 5: 05 (five past five) | | | 一年零三天 one year and three days | | | 二十斤零一两 twenty jin and one liang | | | 一尺零一点儿 one chi plus something | | | 一岁零五个月 one year and five months old |
| 2 [absence of a unit in a number, usu. replaced by ○] zero sign (0); nought: | | | 二零五 (or 二○五) 号 No. 205 (number two-oh-five) | | | 一百零八 108 (one hundred and eight) | | | 一千零八 1 008 (one thousand and eight) | | | 二零零三年 (the year) 2003 (two thousand and three) | | | 一万零八十 10 080 (ten thousand and eighty) |
| 3 [number or figure ○] nought; zero; nil: | | | 零比零 no score; love all | | | 零的突破 grow out of nothing | | | 零点零一 0. 01 (point nought one) | | | 二比零 two to nil; two to nothing | | | 从零开始 start from scratch | | | 一减一等于零。 One minus one equals zero (or leaves nought). | | | 我考得太坏，得了个零。 I failed miserably in the examination; I got a zero. | | | 我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。 My knowledge of the subject is practically nil. |
| 4 (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 |
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