# 零下 (língxià)

In Mandarin Chinese, 零下 (língxià) means “below zero (temperature)”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: below zero (temperature)
- Pinyin: língxià (ling2 xia4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 今天气温是零下五度。
  Jīntiān qìwēn shì língxià wǔ dù.
  Today it is five degrees below zero.

## Characters

- [零](https://hanziro.com/word/ling-zero/) (líng): zero
- [下](https://hanziro.com/word/xia-down/) (xià): down; below

https://hanziro.com/word/ling-xia-below-zero/

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