零下
líng xià 2–4
below zero
- Characters
- 2
- 零 · 下
- Syllables
- 2
- líng xià
- Frequency
- Rare
- corpus count 14,498
Part of speech: s
Character by character
- 零líng13 strokesHSK 1zero; fragment, fraction
- 下xià3 strokesHSK 1under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 零下. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 下xiàHSK 1
down; downwards; below; lower; later; next (week etc); second (of two parts); to decline; to go down; to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc); measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 下来xià laiHSK 3
to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 下午xià wǔHSK 1
afternoon; p.m.
- 下去xià qùHSK 3
to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
- 停下tíng xiàHSK 4
to stop
- 留下liú xiàHSK 2
to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 下面xià miànHSK 3
below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian]
- 剩下shèng xiàHSK 5
to remain; to be left over
- 以下yǐ xiàHSK 2
that level or lower; that amount or less; the following
- 放下fàng xiàHSK 2
to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- 下次xià cìHSK 1
next time
- 下降xià jiàngHSK 4
to decline; to drop; to fall; to go down; to decrease
- 之下zhī xiàHSK 5
under; beneath; less than
- 地下dì xiàHSK 4
underground; subterranean; covert
- 接下来jiē xià láiHSK 2
to accept; to take; next; following
- 下班xià bānHSK 1
to finish work; to get off work
- 坐下zuò xiaHSK 1
to sit down
- 零língHSK 1
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
- 天下tiān xiàHSK 6
land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- 楼下lóu xiàHSK 1
downstairs
- 一下子yī xià ziHSK 5
in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden
- 下载xià zǎiHSK 4
to download; also pr. [xià zài]
- 上下shàng xiàHSK 5
up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about
- 下手xià shǒuHSK 7
to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest