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冷静

lěng jìng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 冷靜

冷静 (lěng jìng) means "calm/cool-headed". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 冷静 means

1. calm; cool-headed; dispassionate
2. (of a place) deserted; quiet

The characters in 冷静

• 冷lěngcold
• 静jìngstill; calm; quiet

Example sentences

• 冷静！
  Cool off!
• 冷静点。
  Calm down.
• 请冷静！
  Please, calm down!
• 冷静点！
  Steady on!
• 保持冷静。
  Stay calm.
• 冷静下来！
  Get a grip on yourself!

Words starting with 冷静

• 冷静期lěng jìng qīcooling-off period (divorces, purchases, surgeries)

Where 冷静 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Physical sensations & states (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lěng jìng correctly.
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