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
冷却
lěngquè
to cool; to cool down
Characters in this word
却 què
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 卩 — seal
- Made of
- 去 to go away, to leave, to depart 卩 seal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 谈判陷入僵局后，双方都需要一段冷却时间，避免情绪压倒判断。 Tánpàn xiànrù jiāngjú hòu, shuāngfāng dōu xūyào yí duàn lěngquè shíjiān, bìmiǎn qíngxù yādǎo pànduàn. After the talks reached a deadlock, both sides needed a cooling-off period to prevent emotion from overwhelming judgement.
- 刚出锅的汤太烫了，先放一会儿冷却。 Gāng chū guō de tāng tài tàng le, xiān fàng yíhuìr lěngquè. The soup fresh from the pot is too hot; let it cool for a while first.
- 吵架以后，两个人都需要时间让情绪冷却下来。 Chǎojià yǐhòu, liǎng ge rén dōu xūyào shíjiān ràng qíngxù lěngquè xiàlai. After an argument, both people need time to let their emotions cool down.
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
- 冷漠 lěngmò indifferent; apathetic
- 冷气 lěngqì air conditioning; cold air
- 冷战 lěngzhàn cold war; cold conflict