零 [líng] 1. Liquid falling: 液体降落。 2. Withering of plants: 植物凋谢。 3. The remainder that is not an integer: 整数以外的尾数。 4. Partial fragmentary, in contrast with "whole": 部分的，细碎的，与“整”相对。 5. An important number in the integer system, less than any natural number. It is the only number between positive and negative numbers, represented as "0". Sometimes used to represent a reference quantity, such as the freezing point on a Celsius thermometer, written as "0℃": 整数系统中一个重要的数，小于一切自然数，是介于正数和负数之间唯一的数，记作“０”。有时用来表示某种量的基准，如摄氏温度计上的冰点，记作“０℃”。 (Verb) 1. Same as the original meaning: rain (同本义): 下雨。指落细雨。 2. Extended meaning of falling or dropping like rain (引申为如雨一般地落下;降落): 零雨(徐徐飘落的雨)。 3. Withering (凋零，凋落): 凋落如雨，零替(散落，衰败)。 4. Metaphor for death or old age (比喻人死亡或到暮年): 比喻人死亡或到暮年。 (Adjective) 1. Fragmentary, scattered (零碎，零散): 零嘴(零食)。 2. Remaining (剩下的): 如:一千零一夜。 (Numeral) 1. Remainder; fractional amount (零头;零数): 零畸(整数以外的余数)。 2. Indicates no quantity (表示没有数量): 零; nil; zilch. 3. Arithmetic symbol 0 (算术符号0): 零点零三。 (Noun) 1. Freezing point on a Celsius thermometer (摄氏温度表上的冰点): 如:零下四度。 2. Used figuratively as "spirit" (假借为“灵”): 神灵。 3. Surname (姓). (Noun; from traditional dictionary) 1. A Qiang ethnic group in the Han Dynasty, approximately located in the current Qinghai region of mainland China. (漢代羌族。約據有今大陸地區青海一帶。)
