Meaning
cold
Chinese: 寒冷，也表示冷淡。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “leng” becomes a different word in each tone. 冷 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 冷静lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted
- 寒冷hán lěngcold (climate); frigid; very cold
- 冷却lěng què(lit. and fig.) to cool
- 冷酷lěng kùunfeeling; callous
- 冷水lěng shuǐcold water; unboiled water; fig. not yet ready (of plans)
Example Sentence
这杯茶已经冷了。Zhè bēi chá yǐ jīng lěng le.This cup of tea has gone cold.
这Zhèthis杯bēicup茶chátea已经yǐ jīngalready冷lěngcold了le(completed action)。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The ice radical 冫 (meaning) plus 令 (lìng, sound): chilly as ice — ‘cold’.
A way to remember it
Ice (冫) + the sound 令 — cold.
Easy to confuse with
- 冬‘Winter’: also has the ice strokes 冫, but at the bottom.