VocabularyHSK 3 · core

lěng

cold

Part of speech · adjective

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 今天很冷。
    It's cold today.
  2. 冷水洗脸。
    Wash face with cold water.

Collocations

很冷冷水冷静

Mnemonic

冷 lěng "cold" — left radical 冫 ("ice", two dots) signals cold. Same character as Japanese 冷たい tsumetai / 冷える hieru, same meaning. 冷静 lěngjìng = "calm" (cool-headed).

Quick check

  1. Meaning of left radical in 冷?

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