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
冷落
lěngluò
desolate; to neglect; to cold-shoulder
Characters in this word
落 luò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 洛 a river in the Shanxi province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 城市更新不应冷落老社区，否则所谓发展只会制造新的不平等。 Chéngshì gēngxīn bù yīng lěngluò lǎo shèqū, fǒuzé suǒwèi fāzhǎn zhǐ huì zhìzào xīn de bù píngděng. Urban renewal should not neglect old communities, otherwise so-called development will only create new inequalities.
- 大家都在聊天，只有他被冷落在角落里。 Dàjiā dōu zài liáotiān, zhǐyǒu tā bèi lěngluò zài jiǎoluò lǐ. Everyone was chatting, and only he was left out in the corner.
- 节日过后，原本热闹的街道变得冷落起来。 Jiérì guòhòu, yuánběn rènao de jiēdào biànde lěngluò qǐlai. After the holiday, the once lively street became deserted.
Related words
- 冷 lěng cold
- 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