Zilch means nothing, zero, not one bit. It is a casual, joking word. If your friend asks how much money you have left and you say 'Zilch', you are saying 'none at all' — and you are saying it lightly, maybe laughing at your own bad luck.

Zilch meansZilch的意思是 nothing, zero, not one bit什麼都沒有、零、一點也沒有。It is a casual, joking word它是個隨口開玩笑的用字。If your friend asks how much money you have left如果你朋友問你還剩多少錢， and you say 'Zilch'你說『Zilch』， you are saying 'none at all'你的意思是『完全沒有』——and you are saying it lightly而且你說得很輕鬆， maybe laughing at your own bad luck也許還在笑自己運氣不好。

You use it for amounts and results: money, points in a game, information you found, effort someone made. 'I got zilch out of that meeting.' 'We searched all afternoon and found zilch.' It can also sit right after a verb like a number: 'The score was three to zilch.' Because it is slang, keep it out of school reports, business emails, and anything formal — write 'nothing' or 'zero' there instead.

You use it for amounts and results你會把它用在數量和結果上： money, points in a game, information you found, effort someone made錢、遊戲裡的分數、你查到的資訊、別人付出的努力。'I got zilch out of that meeting.'『I got zilch out of that meeting.』 'We searched all afternoon and found zilch.'『We searched all afternoon and found zilch.』 It can also sit right after a verb like a number它也可以像數字一樣直接放在動詞後面： 'The score was three to zilch.'『The score was three to zilch.』 Because it is slang因為它是俚語， keep it out of school reports, business emails, and anything formal正式場合就不要用，像是學校報告、商業郵件，以及任何正式的場合—— write 'nothing' or 'zero' there instead那些地方要寫『nothing』或『zero』。

It sounds friendly and a bit old-fashioned-fun, the same family of words as 'nada', 'zip', and 'nought'. Note that it names a quantity, so it goes where a noun goes; you cannot use it before another noun to mean 'no' (you can't say 'zilch money').

It sounds friendly and a bit old-fashioned-fun它聽起來很親切，也有點復古的趣味， the same family of words as 'nada', 'zip', and 'nought'跟『nada』、『zip』、『nought』是同一掛的字。Note that it names a quantity要注意它指的是一個數量， so it goes where a noun goes所以它出現的位置跟名詞一樣； you cannot use it before another noun to mean 'no'你不能把它放在另一個名詞前面表示『沒有』， you can't say 'zilch money'不能說『zilch money』。