氷ひょう点てん下か

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Meanings

noun

below freezing; below zero

Refers to a temperature below the freezing point of water, normally below 0°C. Often used before a number, as in 氷点下五度, meaning minus five degrees Celsius.

今朝けさの気き温おんは氷ひょう点てん下か五ご度どまで下さがった。
This morning the temperature dropped to five degrees below freezing.
氷ひょう点てん下かの寒さむさで道どう路ろが凍こおった。
The road froze in the below-freezing cold.

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Usage patterns

氷ひょう点てん下か〈数すう〉度どX degrees below freezing
今朝けさの気き温おんは氷ひょう点てん下か五ご度どだった。
This morning's temperature was five degrees below freezing.
氷ひょう点てん下かになるto drop below freezing
この地ち方ほうでは冬ふゆになると夜よるは氷ひょう点てん下かになる。
In this region, nights drop below freezing once winter arrives.
氷ひょう点てん下かまで下さがるto fall to below freezing
気き温おんが氷ひょう点てん下かまで下さがったので、水すい道どう管かんが凍こおった。
The temperature fell to below freezing, so the water pipes froze.