Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

cool; cold

Chinese: 凉、温度低。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “liang” becomes a different word in each tone. 凉 is the 2nd 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

  • 凉快liáng kuaipleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty
  • 凉水liáng shuǐcool water; unboiled water
  • 着凉zháo liángto catch cold; Taiwan pr.
  • 凄凉qī liángmournful; miserable
  • 荒凉huāng liángdesolate

Example Sentence

秋天的早晨,天气有些凉。Qiū tiān de zǎo chén, tiān qì yǒu xiē liáng.On an autumn morning, the weather is a bit cool.

秋天Qiū tiānautumndeof早晨zǎo chénearly morning天气tiān qìweather有些yǒu xiēsomeliángcool