零點

简 零点 · 繁 零點
Mandarin · pinyin líng diǎn

Meanings

  1. midnight
  2. to order à la carte
  3. (math.) zero of a function
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零
líng · zero; fragment, fraction
點
diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
点
diǎn · dot, speck, spot; point, degree
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2–3 · ling2 dian3

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noun

  1. zero (degrees, points, etc.)
  2. midnight; 12 midnight (12 am or 0 am, depending on region)
  3. (mathematics) zero (a value of the independent variables of a function, for which the function is equal to zero) (Classifier: 個/个)

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