零下

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Chinese

Etymology 1

		remnant; zero; to fall	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (零下)		零	下
simp. ^#(零下)		零	下

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): língxià

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴ haa⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lêng-hā

(Teochew, Peng'im): lêng⁵ ê⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: língxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: língsià
  - Wade–Giles: ling²-hsia⁴
  - Yale: líng-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lingshiah
  - Palladius: линся (linsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ling⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: lìhng hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹ haː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-hā
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-hā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengha
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ha²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ha⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ¹³⁻²² ha²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ha³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ha³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lêng⁵ ê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lêng ĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /leŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ e³⁵/

Adjective

零下

(attributive) subzero, below zero
零下二十度 ― língxià èrshí dù ― 20 degrees below zero

Etymology 2

		remnant; zero; to fall	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
trad. (零下)		零	下
simp. ^#(零下)		零	下

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ ê⁷

Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lang⁵ ê⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng ē
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ e¹¹/

Adverb

零下

(Teochew) sometimes; occasionally

Japanese

Kanji in this term
零	下
れい Grade: S	か Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーか (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

零(れい)下(か) • (reika)

sub-zero

Korean

Hanja in this term
零	下

Noun

零下 • (yeongha) (hangeul 영하)

hanja form^? of 영하 (“temperature below zero”)

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