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凉

liáng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character Traditional 涼

凉 (liáng) means "the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern ". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 凉 means

1. cool
2. cold

Other readings

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

• liàngto let sth cool down
• Liángthe five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉

Example sentences

• 他着凉了。
  He has a cold.
• 别着凉了。
  Don't catch a cold.
• 天气挺凉爽。
  Tiānqì tǐng liángshuǎng.
  The weather is quite pleasantly cool.
• 今天很凉快。
  It's cool today.
• 小心着凉啊！
  Take care not to catch a cold.
• 那面墙冰凉。
  That wall is cold.

Words starting with 凉

• 凉快liáng kuaipleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off…
• 凉爽liáng shuǎngcool and refreshing
• 凉水liáng shuǐcool water; unboiled water
• 凉鞋liáng xiésandal
• 凉粉liáng fěnliangfen (Chinese dish); grass jelly (Chinese dish)
• 凉意liáng yìa slight chill
• 凉拌liáng bànto dress cold food with sauce; (slang) there's not much you can do about it…
• 凉亭liáng tíngpavilion
• 凉茶liáng cháChinese herb tea
• 凉席liáng xísummer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)
• 凉棚liáng péngmat awning; arbor
• 凉凉liáng liángslightly cold; cool; (neologism; slang) to be done for
• 凉皮liáng píliangpi (noodle-like dish)
• 凉面liáng miàncold noodles
• 凉城县Liáng chéng XiànLiangcheng, a county in Ulanqab City 乌兰察布市
• 凉州区Liáng zhōu QūLiangzhou, a district of Wuwei City 武威市
• 凉白开liáng bái kāicold boiled water
• 凉了半截liáng le bàn jiéfelt a chill (in one's heart); (one's heart) sank
• 凉拌面liáng bàn miàncold noodles in sauce
• 凉山彝族自治州Liáng shān Yí zú Zì zhì zhōuLiangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省
• 凉州Liáng zhōusee 凉州区
• 凉山Liáng shānsee 凉山彝族自治州
• 凉城Liáng chéngsee 凉城县
• 凉山州Liáng shān Zhōusee 凉山彝族自治州

Words containing 凉

• 着凉zháo liángto catch cold; Taiwan pr. zhāo liáng
• 凄凉qī liángmournful; miserable
• 荒凉huāng liángdesolate
• 冰凉bīng liángice-cold
• 清凉qīng liángcool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy
• 悲凉bēi liángsorrowful; dismal
• 苍凉cāng liángdesolate; bleak
• 乘凉chéng liángto enjoy the cool; to relax in a cool place (esp. in hot weather)
• 阴凉yīn liángshady
• 冲凉chōng liáng(dialect) to take a shower
• 纳凉nà liángto enjoy the cool air
• 前凉Qián LiángFormer Liang, one of the Sixteen Kingdoms (314-376)
• 北凉Běi LiángNorthern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (398-439)
• 南凉Nán LiángSouthern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (397-414)
• 受凉shòu liángto catch cold
• 后凉Hòu LiángLater Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (386-403)
• 秋凉qiū liángthe cool of autumn
• 西凉Xī LiángWestern Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (400-421)
• 平凉市Píng liáng ShìPingliang, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肃省
• 清凉油qīng liáng yóusoothing ointment; balm
• 清补凉qīng bǔ liángching bo leung, an icy, sweet dessert soup
• 阴凉处yīn liáng chùshady place
• 风凉话fēng liáng huàsneering; sarcasm; cynical remarks
• 世态炎凉shì tài yán liángthe hypocrisy of the world (idiom)

Characters that look like 凉

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

• 准zhǔnto allow; to grant; in accordance with
• 派pài(literary) tributary; branch of a river; clique; school; group; faction…
• 捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 掠lüèto take over by force; to rob; to plunder
• 涸héto dry; to dry up

Sounds the same

Read liáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 良good; very; very much
• 粮grain; food; provisions
• 梁roof beam; beam (structure); bridge
• 量to measure
• 粱sorghum
• 椋used in 椋鸟
• 踉used in 跳踉
• 俍(literary) to be good at; to be expert in; (literary) skilled craftsman
• 辌see 辒辌

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 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 liáng correctly.
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