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zero

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MEANING12 meanings

MEANING

  1. numeral

    zero

    数字中没有的数;不足整数的部分shùzì zhōng méiyǒu de shù;búzú zhěngshù de búfen

    • Zero plus zero equals zero.

    • The thermometer shows it's minus five degrees today.

  2. numeral

    zero sign

    表示没有或无的数字,写作0biǎoshì méiyǒu huò wú de shùzì、xiězuò líng

    • Today's temperature is five degrees below zero.

  3. numeral

    nought

    数字0;不足一整数的部分shùzì líng;búzú yī zhěngshù de búfen

    • The thermometer shows it's three degrees below zero today.

  4. numeral

    (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)

    表示没有;数字0;也指不满十的数biǎoshì méiyǒu;shùzì líng;yě zhǐ búmǎn shí de shù

    • One hundred and five.

    • This book has a total of three hundred and eight pages.

  5. numeral

    fractional

    整数之间不足一的部分zhěngshù zhījiān búzú yī de búfen

    • 0.5 is 50 percent.

    • This road is three kilometers and eighty meters long.

  6. numeral

    fraction

    整数后面的小数部分;不足一的数zhěngshù hòumiàn de xiǎoshù bùfen;búzú yī de shù

    • 0.5 is one-half.

    • ,

      At exactly 3:08, the train departed on schedule.

  7. numeral

    extra

    数字0;或剩余的小数额shùzì líng;huò shèngyú de xiǎo shùjù é

    • The meeting will officially begin in thirty-five minutes.

  8. adjective

    fragmentary

    不整数的;零散的;少量的bù zhěngshù de;líng sǎn de;shǎo liàng de

    • This piece of clothing is torn.

    • He compiled his scattered notes into a book.

  9. adjective

    odd (of numbers)

    不能被二整除的数bù néng bèi èr zhěngchú de shù

    • This number is zero.

    • Thirty-seven is an odd number.

  10. noun

    (in mathematics) remainder (after division)

    除法运算中剩下的数chúfǎ yùnsuàn zhōng shèngxià de shù

    • This division has no remainder.

    • Seventeen divided by five leaves a remainder of two, so it doesn't divide evenly.

  11. 11verb

    to wither and fall

    花、叶等枯萎脱落huā、yè děng kūyú tuōluò

    • The flowers have fallen and scattered.

    • The autumn wind swept through, sending leaves falling in all directions.

  12. 12verb

    to wither

    植物干枯、凋谢zhíwù gānkū、diāoxiè

    • The flowers and grass have all withered away.

    • ,

      As the autumn wind blows, the leaves gradually wither and fall.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Scattered raindrops falling evoke the sound "ling" in the character 令.

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