Chinese word

零下

Pronunciation

Pinyinlíng xià

今晚气温会降到零下三度。jīn wǎn qì wēn huì jiàng dào líng xià sān dù

Tonight's temperature will drop to three degrees below zero.

清晨路面结了冰，温度是零下二度。qīng chén lù miàn jié le bīng wēn dù shì líng xià èr dù

In the early morning, the road was icy, and the temperature was two degrees below zero.

A temperature lies beneath the zero mark.

负fù: Marks a number or value less than zero, especially in mathematics and technical contexts.

指温度低于摄氏零度的数值或状态，常见用法为“零下＋数字＋度”。zhǐ wēn dù dī yú shè shì líng dù de shù zhí huò zhuàng tài cháng jiàn yòng fǎ wèi líng xià shù zì dù

零下 (língxià, "below zero") combines 零 (líng, "zero") + 下 (xià, "below"), placing a temperature beneath the zero point.

In Chinese weather sentences, the temperature marker comes before the number and the degree word comes after it, a useful word-order pattern for reading forecasts.