严寒

严寒 yánhán in a sentence

Bitter cold; severe winter†

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

严寒 (yánhán) means Bitter cold, severe winter †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

北方的冬天十分 严寒 。

Běifāng de dōngtiān shífēn yánhán.

Winter in the north is bitterly cold.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严寒

他们在 严寒 中坚守了一夜。

Tāmen zài yánhán zhōng jiānshǒu le yí yè.

They held their post all night in the bitter cold.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 严寒

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How is 严寒 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 严寒 (yánhán, "Bitter cold, severe winter †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

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Is 严寒 an HSK word?

Yes — 严寒 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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