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
冷门
lěngmén
unpopular; obscure; less favoured
Characters in this word
门 mén
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他选择研究一个冷门课题，反而避开了学术竞争最激烈的领域。 Tā xuǎnzé yánjiū yí gè lěngmén kètí, fǎn'ér bìkāi le xuéshù jìngzhēng zuì jīliè de lǐngyù. By choosing to research an obscure topic, he instead avoided the most fiercely competitive area of academia.
- 学这个专业的人很少，在大学里算是冷门。 Xué zhège zhuānyè de rén hěn shǎo, zài dàxué lǐ suànshì lěngmén. Few people study this major; at university it counts as an obscure one.
- 这家店的冷门口味反而最受老顾客欢迎。 Zhè jiā diàn de lěngmén kǒuwèi fǎn'ér zuì shòu lǎo gùkè huānyíng. This shop's unusual flavours are actually the most popular with regular customers.
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
- 冷落 lěngluò desolate; to neglect; to cold-shoulder
- 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