零头
líng tóu
Pinyin

Definition

零头
 - 
líng tóu
  1. odd
  2. scrap
  3. remainder

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

零
líng
  1. 1 zero
  2. 2 nought
  3. 3 zero sign
  4. 4 fractional
  5. 5 fragmentary
  6. 6 odd (of numbers)
  7. 7 (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one)
  8. 8 fraction
  9. 9 (in mathematics) remainder (after division)
  10. 10 extra
  11. 11 to wither and fall
  12. 12 to wither
零下
líng xià
  1. 1 below zero
零食
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
凋零
diāo líng
  1. 1 withered
  2. 2 wilted
  3. 3 to wither
  4. 4 to fade
  5. 5 to decay
孤零零
gū líng líng
  1. 1 lone
  2. 2 isolated and without help
  3. 3 all alone
  4. 4 solitary
涕零
tì líng
  1. 1 to shed tears
  2. 2 to weep
零件
líng jiàn
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 component
零售
líng shòu
  1. 1 to retail
  2. 2 to sell individually or in small quantities
零售店
líng shòu diàn
  1. 1 shop
  2. 2 retail store
零度
líng dù
  1. 1 zero degree
零星
líng xīng
  1. 1 fragmentary
  2. 2 random
  3. 3 bits and pieces
  4. 4 sporadic
零时
líng shí
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 zero hour
零碎
líng suì
  1. 1 scattered and fragmentary
  2. 2 scraps
  3. 3 odds and ends
零花钱
líng huā qián
  1. 1 pocket money
  2. 2 allowance
零点
líng diǎn
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 to order à la carte
  3. 3 (math.) zero of a function
飘零
piāo líng
  1. 1 to fall and wither (like autumn leaves)
  2. 2 (fig.) drifting and homeless
一千零一夜
Yī qiān Líng Yī Yè
  1. 1 The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
九零后
jiǔ líng hòu
  1. 1 90s generation
找零
zhǎo líng
  1. 1 to give change
  2. 2 change money

Idioms (7)

七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
  1. 1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
  2. 2 divide and conquer
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
  1. 1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
感激涕零
gǎn jī tì líng
  1. 1 to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
琴剑飘零
qín jiàn piāo líng
  1. 1 floating between zither and sword (idiom); fig. wandering aimlessly with no tenured position
零打碎敲
líng dǎ suì qiāo
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work
零敲碎打
líng qiāo suì dǎ
  1. 1 to do things in bits and pieces (idiom); piecemeal work

Sample Sentences

老板，你看一下，装修费一共是五万八，材料费是三万二，零头我都已经去掉了。
lǎobǎn ，nǐ kàn yīxià ，zhuāngxiūfèi yīgòng shì wǔwàn bā ，cáiliàofèi shì sānwàn èr ，língtóu wǒ dōu yǐjīng qùdiào le 。
Sir, take a look. The renovation fee is 58,000 total. The materials fee is 32,000. I've already rounded off the remaining bit.
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我主张投降！我们所有部队加起来，人数也不足曹军的零头，他们可是有八十万大军啊！我们跟他打，等于拿鸡蛋碰石头！
wǒ zhǔzhāng tóuxiáng ！wǒmen suǒyǒu bùduì jiā qǐlai ，rénshù yě bùzú Cáo Jūn de língtóu ，tāmen kěshì yǒu bāshíwàn dàjūn a ！wǒmen gēn tā dǎ ，děngyú ná jīdàn pèng shítou ！
I say we surrender! All of our forces don't add up to anything compared to Cao Cao's army. They have an enormous army-- eight hundred thousand soldiers! For us to fight them would be like hitting a stone with an egg -- hopeless!
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