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
冷漠
lěngmò
indifferent; apathetic
Characters in this word
漠 mò
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 莫 cannot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 对苦难保持冷漠，往往不是理性的表现，而是想象力的贫乏。 Duì kǔnàn bǎochí lěngmò, wǎngwǎng bú shì lǐxìng de biǎoxiàn, ér shì xiǎngxiànglì de pínfá. Remaining indifferent to suffering is often not a sign of rationality, but a poverty of imagination.
- 邻居们对这件事很冷漠，没有一个人出来帮忙。 Línjūmen duì zhè jiàn shì hěn lěngmò, méiyǒu yí ge rén chūlái bāngmáng. The neighbours were indifferent about this, and not one came out to help.
- 他的语气冷漠得像在谈别人的事。 Tā de yǔqì lěngmò de xiàng zài tán biérén de shì. His tone was so detached it was as if he were talking about someone else's business.
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
- 冷门 lěngmén unpopular; obscure; less favoured
- 冷气 lěngqì air conditioning; cold air
- 冷却 lěngquè to cool; to cool down
- 冷战 lěngzhàn cold war; cold conflict