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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 零

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
零 líng - zero
- nought
- zero sign
- fractional
- fragmentary
- odd (of numbers)
- (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
- fraction
- (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
- extra
- to wither and fall
- to wither

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 3,623 - -

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 雨 令

Radical:

雨

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

令

Semantic:

雨

Hint:

Raindrop

Other Words Containing 零

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
零 1 1 3,623 - -
零件 5 7 5,735 11,059 18,310
零钱 5 7 6,300 20,414 11,263
零食 5 4 8,895 9,009 3,555
零花钱 - 8 13,136 25,819 18,199
孤零零 - 8 15,196 28,986 21,083
零下 - 2 15,790 13,095 6,715
零售 - 8 16,247 3,486 7,999
零用钱 - - 16,861 38,515 26,621
零售商 - - 20,704 12,383 25,615
零点 - - 21,309 - -
零碎 - - 21,314 35,540 28,708
零度 - - 22,802 33,771 18,193
凋零 - - 24,668 28,400 14,095
零星 6 - 28,475 14,869 19,083
零工 - - 30,214 43,211 60,223
零头 - - 30,822 44,038 32,989
零部件 - - 32,370 8,153 26,663
零散 - - 35,134 25,252 35,186
零时 - - 35,165 15,781 23,137
零售店 - - 35,469 - -
飘零 - - 37,240 33,714 17,376
七零八落 - - 45,957 47,378 49,656
零用 - - 48,037 88,735 60,180
零零星星 - - 52,592 83,356 76,687
零落 - - 53,488 55,972 35,194
化整为零 - - 56,813 52,331 79,754
零点五 - - 72,082 - -
零乱 - - 77,042 42,471 38,722
零嘴 - - 78,493 90,813 44,406
零敲碎打 - - 79,373 - -