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冷

lěng

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

冷 (lěng) means "cold". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 冷 means

1. cold

Other readings

冷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Lěngsurname Leng

Example sentences

• 很冷。
  It's cold.
• 冷静！
  Cool off!
• 我冷。
  I am cold.
• 天很冷。
  It's cold.
• 冷静点。
  Calm down.
• 冷死了！
  It was freezing!

Words starting with 冷

• 冷静lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
• 冷淡lěng dàncold; indifferent
• 冷酷lěng kùunfeeling; callous
• 冷却lěng què(lit. and fig.) to cool
• 冷漠lěng mòcold and detached towards sb; lack of regard; indifference
• 冷冷lěng lěngcoldly
• 冷笑lěng xiàoto sneer; to laugh grimly; grin of dissatisfaction…
• 冷汗lěng hàncold sweat
• 冷清lěng qīngcold and cheerless; desolate; deserted
• 冷战lěng zhàncold war; (fig.) strained relationship; to be barely on speaking terms
• 冷水lěng shuǐcold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans)
• 冷落lěng luòdesolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly
• 冷饮lěng yǐncold drink
• 冷气lěng qìcold air; air conditioning
• 冷冻lěng dòngto freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezing
• 冷眼lěng yǎncool eye; fig. detached; (treating) with indifference
• 冷暖lěng nuǎnlit. daily changes of temperature; fig. well-being; sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc
• 冷空气lěng kōng qì(meteorology) cold air mass
• 冷冷清清lěng lěng qīng qīngdeserted; desolate; unfrequented
• 冷峻lěng jùngrave and stern
• 冷不丁lěng bu dīngsuddenly; by surprise
• 冷面lěng miàngrim; stern; harsh
• 冷不防lěng bu fángunexpectedly; suddenly; at unawares
• 冷门lěng ména neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc); fig. a complete unknown who wins a…

Words containing 冷

• 寒冷hán lěngcold (climate); frigid; very cold
• 冰冷bīng lěngice-cold
• 耶路撒冷Yē lù sā lěngJerusalem
• 阴冷yīn lěnggloomy and cold
• 心灰意冷xīn huī yì lěngdiscouraged; downhearted
• 发冷fā lěngto feel a chill (as an emotional response); to feel cold (as a clinical symptom)
• 制冷zhì lěngto produce cold air (to cool a room etc)
• 泼冷水pō lěng shuǐto pour cold water on; (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm
• 天冷tiān lěngit's cold (weather)
• 水冷shuǐ lěngto water-cool
• 生冷shēng lěng(of food) raw or cold
• 西冷xī lěng(loanword) sirloin
• 遇冷yù lěngto be exposed to cold temperatures; (fig.) (of a market, industry, relationship etc) to…
• 风冷fēng lěngto air-cool
• 高冷gāo lěngreserved; aloof; (geography) (of a location) elevated and cold
• 大冷天dà lěng tiānfreezing cold day
• 性冷感xìng lěng gǎnfrigidity (lack of libido)
• 打冷战dǎ lěng zhanto shiver; to shudder
• 生冷字shēng lěng zìobscure or archaic character
• 知冷知热zhī lěng zhī rèto know whether others are cold or hot (idiom); to be very considerate
• 买了佛冷mǎi le fó lěng(net slang) eggcorn for the song lyrics "I love Poland" that became a catchphrase in 2018
• 液冷yè lěngto liquid-cool
• 致冷剂zhì lěng jìrefrigerant
• 爆冷bào lěngan upset (esp. in sports); unexpected turn of events; to pull off a coup

Characters that look like 冷

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 净jìngclean; completely; only
• 泽zépool; pond; (of metals etc) luster
• 怜liánto pity
• 冶yěto smelt; to cast; seductive in appearance
• 沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 伶líng(old) actor; actress; (meaningless bound form)

Where 冷 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Feelings and Adjectives (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 20 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lěng correctly.
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