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着凉

zháo liáng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 著涼

着凉 (zháo liáng) means "to catch a cold". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 着凉 means

1. to catch cold
2. Taiwan pr. zhāo liáng

The characters in 着凉

• 着zheaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state
• 凉liángcool; cold

Example sentences

• 他着凉了。
  He has a cold.
• 别着凉了。
  Don't catch a cold.
• 小心着凉啊！
  Take care not to catch a cold.
• 我肯定着凉了。
  Wǒ kěndìng zháoliáng le.
  I must have caught a cold.
• 小心不要着凉。
  Take care not to catch a cold.
• 你应该小心不要着凉。
  Nǐ yīnggāi xiǎoxīn bù yào zháoliáng.
  You'd better be careful not to catch cold.

Where 着凉 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health, Medical & Fatigue (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zháo liáng correctly.
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