「零 / 〇」

Entry #1
Character、
Pronunciation:
  • 零 ling4
  • 〇 ling4
Part of Speech: number
Explanation:
  • zero, the number
    (Cant.) 攝sip3氏si6零ling4度dou6
    (Eng.) zero degree Celsius
    (Cant.) 零ling4零ling4柒cat1
    (Eng.) 007
    (Cant.) 搭daap3一jat1〇ling4一jat1
    (Eng.) to take (bus) route 101
    (Cant.) 你nei5今gam1日jat6贏jeng4嘅ge3機gei1會wui6,係hai6零ling4呀aa3!
    (Eng.) Your odds of winning today is zero! (i.e. 'You don't stand a chance against me!')
    (Cant.) 今gam1次ci3考haau2試si3有jau5人jan4零ling4分fan1。
    (Eng.) Someone got zero marks in this exam.

  • nothing
    (Cant.) 由jau4零ling4開hoi1始ci2
    (Eng.) to start from scratch
    (Cant.) 路lou6上soeng6零ling4意ji3外ngoi6,香hoeng1港gong2人jan4人jan4愛oi3
    (Eng.) Zero Accidents on the Road, Hong Kong's Goal
    (Cant.) 我ngo5覺gok3得dak1自zi6己gei2係hai6零ling4。
    (Eng.) I feel like a worthless failure (literally 'I feel like I am zero').

  • used before the smallest digit in a large number with non-neighbouring base numerals as digits, or sometimes used in a phrase with neighbouring measure words
    (Cant.) 三saam1萬maan6零ling4六luk6十sap6
    (Eng.) thirty thousand and sixty
    (Cant.) 八baat3百baak3零ling4二ji6
    (Eng.) eight hundred and two
    (Cant.) 一jat1斤gan1零ling4二ji6両loeng2
    (Eng.) one catty and two taels
    (Cant.) 二ji6〇ling4一jat1七cat1年nin4
    (Eng.) Year 2017
    (Cant.) 「呢ni1包baau1奶naai5幾gei2多do1錢cin2?」「五ng5蚊man1零ling4五ng5毫hou4。」
    (Eng.) "How much is this pack of milk?" "Five dollars and fifty cents."

See also: 冇嘢 零蛋
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「零」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: leng4 leng2 leng1
Part of Speech: affix
Explanation:
used after a base numeral, such as 十 (sap6, ten) and 百 (baak3, hundred), or a classifier to express a small, remaining approximate quantity
(Cant.) 個go3零leng4鐘zung1
(Eng.) one hour and a couple of minutes
(Cant.) 十sap6零leng4廿jaa6蚊man1
(Eng.) ten to twenty dollars
(Cant.) 四sei3十aa6零leng2
(Eng.) forty-odd
(Cant.) 十sap6零leng1歲seoi3
(Eng.) in one's tens
See also: 許
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