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冷却

lěng què

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 冷卻

冷却 (lěng què) means "to cool (lit. and fig.)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 冷却 means

1. (lit. and fig.) to cool

The characters in 冷却

• 冷lěngcold
• 却quèbut; yet; however

Example sentences

• 金属冷却的时候会收缩。
  Metals contract when they cool.
• 在你侍酒前最好先将白葡萄酒冷却一下。
  Zài nǐ shì jiǔ qián zuì hǎo xiān jiāng bái pútaojiǔ lěngquè yīxià.
  It's better to chill white wine before you serve it.

Words starting with 冷却

• 冷却塔lěng què tǎcooling tower
• 冷却水lěng què shuǐcooling water (in a reactor)
• 冷却剂lěng què jìcoolant

Where 冷却 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · láo–yuè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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