冷 lěng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 令 command, decree, order
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
冷
lěng
cold
Character
Example phrases
- 今天天气很冷。 Jīntiān tiānqì hěn lěng. It's very cold today.
- 外面很冷。 Wàimiàn hěn lěng. It's very cold outside.
- 你冷吗？ Nǐ lěng ma? Are you cold?
- 这杯水有点儿冷。 Zhè bēi shuǐ yǒudiǎnr lěng. This cup of water is a little cold.
- 这菜冷了。 Zhè cài lěng le. This dish has gone cold.
- 外边不冷了。 Wàibian bù lěng le. It's not cold outside anymore.
- 冷不冷，喝点儿茶吧。 Lěng bu lěng, hē diǎnr chá ba. Are you cold? Have some tea.
- 今天早上水很冷。 Jīntiān zǎoshang shuǐ hěn lěng. The water was very cold this morning.
- 早上的风很冷。 Zǎoshang de fēng hěn lěng. The wind is very cold this morning.
- 外边冷不冷？ Wàibian lěng bu lěng? Is it cold outside?
Related words
- 寒冷 hánlěng cold
- 冷静 lěngjìng calm
- 忽冷忽热 hūlěnghūrè changeable; hot and cold
- 冷淡 lěngdàn cold; indifferent; to treat coldly
- 冷冻 lěngdòng to freeze; frozen
- 冷酷 lěngkù cold-hearted; ruthless
- 冷落 lěngluò desolate; to neglect; to cold-shoulder
- 冷门 lěngmén unpopular; obscure; less favoured
- 冷漠 lěngmò indifferent; apathetic
- 冷气 lěngqì air conditioning; cold air
- 冷却 lěngquè to cool; to cool down
- 冷战 lěngzhàn cold war; cold conflict