零[líng]

形fragmentary; fractional

♦ 这种纸都是一本一本的, 没有~的。 This kind of paper comes in pads; there are no individual sheets.

名fragment; fraction

♦ 把~儿去了, 就要个整数儿。 Round off that fraction to a whole number.

数

1. (in expressions of time, age, money, weight, etc., used between two different denominations, even when these are consecutive if the excess is to be emphasized)

♦ 一年~三天 one year and three days

♦ 一岁~五个月 one year and five months old

♦ 五点~一分 5∶01 (five oh one)

2. (representing a final or a medial zero in serial numbers or in designations of years, in which each digit is spoken separately; now usu. replaced by ○)

♦ 二~五号 或 二○五号 No. 205 (number two-oh-five)

♦ 一九八~年 或 一九八○年 (the year) 1980 (nineteen eighty)

3. the number or figure ○; nought; zero; nil

♦ 我在这方面的知识几乎等于~。 My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.

♦ 上半场的比分是二比~。 The score at half-time was two-nil (or two-nothing).

♦ ~比~ no score; love all

4. the lowest point on a thermometer; zero

♦ ~上(下)五度 five degrees above (below) zero

♦ 摄氏~下十度 10 degrees below zero centigrade; minus 10 degrees centigrade

动withered

♦ 凋零