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
冷淡
lěngdàn
cold; indifferent; to treat coldly
Characters in this word
淡 dàn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 炎 flame, blaze
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对公众质疑，企业不能用冷淡的声明敷衍了事，否则只会激化不满。 Miànduì gōngzhòng zhìyí, qǐyè bù néng yòng lěngdàn de shēngmíng fūyǎn liǎoshì, fǒuzé zhǐ huì jīhuà bùmǎn. When facing public doubts, a company cannot fob people off with a cold statement, or it will only intensify dissatisfaction.
- 他对我的邀请反应很冷淡，好像一点也不感兴趣。 Tā duì wǒ de yāoqǐng fǎnyìng hěn lěngdàn, hǎoxiàng yìdiǎn yě bù gǎn xìngqù. He reacted coolly to my invitation, as if he were not interested at all.
- 顾客问了三遍，店员还是冷淡地点了点头。 Gùkè wèn le sān biàn, diànyuán háishi lěngdàn de diǎn le diǎn tóu. The customer asked three times, and the shop assistant still just nodded coolly.
Related words
- 冷 lěng cold
- 寒冷 hánlěng cold
- 冷静 lěngjìng calm
- 忽冷忽热 hūlěnghūrè changeable; hot and cold
- 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