Zero in Chinese (Mandarin): 零 (líng)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 零

• 零

  Zero. 雨 (rain) is on top.

  13 strokes

Second tone. In a written number, zero is often just a circle, 〇: the year 2008 is 二〇〇八. 零 also means small bits: snacks are 零食 (língshí) and pocket money is 零花钱 (línghuāqián).

More examples with 零

• 零加零等于零。

  零加零等於零。

  Líng jiā líng děngyú líng.

  Zero plus zero is zero.

• 我喜欢吃零食。

  我喜歡吃零食。

  Wǒ xǐhuan chī língshí.

  I like snacks.

How to write 零 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.