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Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
líng
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
ling4
Short definition extra
Usage frequency Very common
Chinese synonyms Chinese Gratis iconChinese tools icon (Click icons, results will appear below)
 
All available English definitions (in mathematics) remainder (after division)MDBG icon / fractionalMDBG iconto wither and fallMDBG iconzero signMDBG icon / odd (of numbers)MDBG icon / noughtMDBG icon / remnantCdict icon / fragmentaryMDBG icon / extraMDBG icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: zero
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: 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
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: remnant; zero; NULL; Nothing; Zero; cipher; cypher; zilch
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: remnant; zero'
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Sentence examples
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T o m
(shì) is
(èr) 2
(líng) extra
(yī) all
(líng) extra
(nián) year
五月(wǔ yuè) May
五日(wǔrì)
(chū) to publish
生的(shēngde) to look

Tom was born on May 5, 2010.

说到(shuō dào) to speak of
一百(yī bǎi) a hundred
(líng) extra
(bā) 8
(zhè) these
不就是(bújiùshì)
代表(dài biǎo) delegate
烦恼的( fán nǎo de) touchy
数字(shù zì) figure
(ma) (question tag)
。 」 「
那么(nà me) so
你有(nǐyǒu)
甚么(shén me) who?
烦恼(fán nǎo) worries
(yāyā) (final part.)
? 」 「
告诉(gàosù) to tell
(nǐ) variant of 你, you (female)
并不是( bìng bù shì) really not to be
(bù) not
可以(kě yǐ) can
但是(dàn shì) but
内容(nèi róng) details
会给(huì gěi) will give
河蟹(hé xiè) river crabs
(diào) to drop
(dedì) of
。 」
"Talking about 108, that's the number of worldly passions." "What worldly passions have you got then?" "I could say, but it'll get censored out."

池塘(chí táng) pool
(lǐ) village
漂浮(piāo fú) showy
([missing]) to use
(líng) extra
星的( xīng de) astral
(jǐ) a few
(piàn) sheet
落叶(luò yè) deciduous

A few fragments of dead leaves floated on the pond.

(wǒ) I
(jué) awake
(dé děiděi) must
巴塞罗那(bā sài luó nà) Barcelona
(hé) with
皇家马德里(huáng jiā mǎ dé lǐ) Real Madrid (soccer team)
(dedì) of
最终(zuì zhōng) final
比分(bǐ fēn) score
将会(jiāng huì) will (cause)
(shì) is
(èr) 2
(bǐ bǐbì) ratio
(líng) extra

I think the final score between Barcelona and Real Madrid will be 2-0.

(èr) 2
(líng) extra
(líng) extra
九年(jiǔnián)
(wǒ) I
高中毕业( gāo zhōng bì yè) high school graduate
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
可是(kě shì) but
还没(hái méi)
上大学(shàng dà xué) to attend university

In 2009, I had graduated from high school but I still hadn't started university.

一万(yī wàn) ten thousand
(jiā) plus
五千(wǔqiān) five thousand
再加( zài jiā)
五角(wǔ jiǎo) pentagon
加起来(jiāqǐlái)
就是(jiù shì) if
一万五千(yī wàn wǔ qiān) 15000
(líng) extra
五角(wǔ jiǎo) pentagon

Ten thousand plus five thousand and five cents make fifteen thousand and five cents.

今年(jīn nián) this year
(shì) is
(èr) 2
(líng) extra
(yī) all
一年(yìnián) twelvemonth

This year is 2011.

信息产业部(xìn xī chǎn yè bù) Ministry of Information Industries
(zài) (located) at
(qíjī) anniversary
十一五规划( shí yī wǔ guī huá) 11th 5 year plan
” (
(èr) 2
零零(línglíng)
六年(liùnián)
(zhì) most
(èr) 2
(líng) extra
(yī) all
(líng) extra
(nián) year
中立(zhōng lì) neutrality
(shì) to swear
(yào) may
实现(shí xiàn) to achieve
村村通(cūn cūn tōng) village to village communication
(diàn) dispatch
(huà) talk
乡乡( xiāng xiāng)
能上网(néng shàng wǎng) to be able to go online

In its "Eleven Five Plan" (2006 to 2010), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pledged to implement phone connections in every village and Internet connections in every town.

2 0 1 0
这个(zhè gè) this one
数字(shù zì) figure
(lǐ) village
(yǒu) some
两个(liǎng ge)
(líng) extra

There are two zeros in the number "2010."

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