| 1 | 零 | 零 | líng | ling2 | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither | | |
| 2 | 零售 | 零售 | líng shòu | ling2 shou4 | to retail; to sell individually or in small quantities | | |
| 3 | 零件 | 零件 | líng jiàn | ling2 jian4 | part; component | | |
| 4 | 零星 | 零星 | líng xīng | ling2 xing1 | fragmentary; random; bits and pieces; sporadic | | |
| 5 | 零下 | 零下 | líng xià | ling2 xia4 | below zero | | |
| 6 | 几近于零 | 幾近於零 | jī jìn yú líng | ji1 jin4 yu2 ling2 | practically negligible (idiom) | | |
| 7 | 零打碎敲 | 零打碎敲 | líng dǎ suì qiāo | ling2 da3 sui4 qiao1 | to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work | | |
| 8 | 零吃 | 零吃 | líng chī | ling2 chi1 | (coll.) snack food | | |
| 9 | 零部件 | 零部件 | líng bù jiàn | ling2 bu4 jian4 | spare part; component | | |
| 10 | 零八宪章 | 零八憲章 | líng bā xiàn zhāng | Ling2 ba1 Xian4 zhang1 | Charter 08, PRC pro-democracy petition of December 2008 | | |
| 11 | 绝对零度 | 絕對零度 | jué duì líng dù | jue2 dui4 ling2 du4 | absolute zero | | |
| 12 | 九零后 | 九零後 | jiǔ líng hòu | jiu3 ling2 hou4 | 90s generation | | |
| 13 | 鸡零狗碎 | 雞零狗碎 | jī líng gǒu suì | ji1 ling2 gou3 sui4 | in pieces | | |
| 14 | 畸零 | 畸零 | jī líng | ji1 ling2 | fractional part of a real number; odd fractional remnant; lone person; solitary | | |
| 15 | 整买零卖 | 整買零賣 | zhěng mǎi líng mài | zheng3 mai3 ling2 mai4 | to buy wholesale and sell retail (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 化整为零 | 化整為零 | huà zhěng wéi líng | hua4 zheng3 wei2 ling2 | to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one; divide and conquer | | |
| 17 | 归零地 | 歸零地 | guī líng dì | Gui1 ling2 di4 | Ground Zero | | |
| 18 | 孤零零 | 孤零零 | gū líng líng | gu1 ling2 ling2 | lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary | | |
| 19 | 孤孤零丁 | 孤孤零丁 | gū gu líng dīng | gu1 gu5 ling2 ding1 | lonely (idiom) | | |
| 20 | 公共零点 | 公共零點 | gōng gòng líng diǎn | gong1 gong4 ling2 dian3 | common zeros (of system of equations) | | |
| 21 | 感激涕零 | 感激涕零 | gǎn jī tì líng | gan3 ji1 ti4 ling2 | to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears | | |
| 22 | 非零 | 非零 | fēi líng | fei1 ling2 | nonzero | | |
| 23 | 二零零八年 | 二零零八年 | èr líng líng bā nián | er4 ling2 ling2 ba1 nian2 | 2008 | | |
| 24 | 凋零 | 凋零 | diāo líng | diao1 ling2 | variant of 凋零 ; withered; wilted; to wither; to fade; to decay | | |
| 25 | 地面零点 | 地面零點 | dì miàn líng diǎn | Di4 mian4 Ling2 dian3 | ground zero; Ground Zero (refers to the site of the World Trade Center destroyed in 9-11-2001 attack) | | |