零 líng zeronoughtzero signfractionalfragmentaryodd (of numbers)(placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)fraction(in mathematics) remainder (after division)extrato wither and fallto wither Example sentences 今年是二零一七年。 jīnnián shì èr líng yīqī nián. This year it is 2017 谁能想到他二零一一年的时候竟然意外死亡了。 shéi néng xiǎngdào tā èrlíngyīyī nián de shíhou jìngrán yìwài sǐwáng le. Who would've thought that in 2011 he would accidentally die?