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零下

língxià

below zero

A person beside a frozen thermometer
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Characters in this word

零 líng

Strokes
13
Radical
雨 — rain
Made of
雨 rain 令 command, decree, order
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

下 xià

Strokes
3
Radical
一 — one
Made of
一 one 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 今天零下三度。 Jīntiān língxià sān dù. Today is three degrees below zero.
  • 这里零下十度。 Zhè lǐ língxià shí dù. It is ten degrees below zero here.
  • 明天零下五度。 Míngtiān língxià wǔ dù. Tomorrow is five degrees below zero.

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