Chinese

零下

/liŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
subzero, below zero
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese零 “fragmentary; scattered”
    • meaningChinese雨 “rain (Classifier: 陣／阵; 場／场)”
    • soundChinese令 “to order; to command”
      • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
        • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • ideaChinese卩 “kneeling person”
  • characterChinese下 “lower part of; under; beneath”

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