How to Say ‘It's one-nil!’ in Simplified Chinese
一比零了！
yī bǐ líng le
[yi bǐ líng le]
💬 Usage Tip: The 了 at the end marks a new situation: "now it's one-nil". It works with any new state: 十点了 "it's ten o'clock now".
Phrase Breakdown
一比
yī bǐ
one to…
yī bǐ: 一 keeps its high flat tone when counting or giving scores, and 比 is low.
二比一。
Two to one.
Words in this phrase
一
yī
[yi]
one
The first and smallest number in decimal numerals.
她只说了一句话。
She only said one sentence.
比
bǐ
[bǐ]
to (in scores)
Used between two numbers to express a score.
二比一
two to one
零了！
líng le
…zero now!
líng le: a rising tone, then a light 'le'. Here 了 shows the score has changed.
钱用到零了。
The money has run down to zero.
Words in this phrase
零
líng
[líng]
zero
The number 0; also used when reading phone numbers or numbers with gaps.
我的房间号是一零二。
My room number is 102.
了
le
[le]
change-of-state particle
Used with 快…了 to show something is about to happen.
火车快来了。
The train is about to arrive.
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