冷 lěng cold
cold; detached
怎么记住“冷”: 冫 ice + 令 command = cold. The kid slips on the ice at the bus stop, and his mum gives the command "Put your gloves on, it is cold!"
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
冷 = 冫 ice + 令 command
- 冫 ice meaning
- 令 command sound
The kid slips on the ice at the bus stop, and his mum gives the command "Put your gloves on, it is cold!"
How it came to be
The small seal form puts ice on the left for the meaning and command on the right for the sound.
用法
- Cold, of weather or things, the opposite of 热 (rè, hot): 天很冷 (tiān hěn lěng) it's cold out, 菜冷了 (cài lěng le) the food's gone cold, 天很热 (tiān hěn rè) it's hot out.
- Figuratively cool / detached: 冷静 (lěngjìng) calm and level-headed, 冷落 (lěngluò) give someone the cold shoulder.
含“冷”的词语
- 冷静lěngjìngcalmHSK 4
- 寒冷hánlěngcold (climate)HSK 4
- 冷却lěngquèto coolHSK 7
- 冷气lěngqìcold airHSK 7
- 冷落lěngluòdesolateHSK 7
- 冷门lěngména neglected branchHSK 7
- 冷冻lěngdòngto freeze (food etc)HSK 8
- 冷战lěngzhànCold WarHSK 8
- 冷淡lěngdàncoldHSK 8
- 冷漠lěngmòcold and detached towards somebodyHSK 8
- 冷酷lěngkùunfeelingHSK 8
- 忽冷忽热hūlěng-hūrènow hot, now coldHSK 8
- 泼冷水pōlěngshuǐto pour cold water onHSK 8
例句
- 天气很冷。 Tiānqì hěn lěng.The weather is very cold.
- 今天更冷了。 Jīntiān gèng lěng le.It got much colder today.
- 冬天天气太冷了。 Dōngtiān tiānqì tài lěng le.The winter weather is too cold.
- 因为太冷，她感冒了。 Yīnwèi tài lěng, tā gǎnmào le.It's so cold that she caught a cold.