冷 (lěng) means Cold (unpopular - ruthless - quiet). Below are 24 of the 55 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
今天比昨天更 冷 。
Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān gèng lěng.
Today is even colder than yesterday.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 更
未来几天会变 冷 。
Wèilái jǐ tiān huì biàn lěng.
It will turn cold over the next few days.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 未来
别给大家泼 冷 水。
Bié gěi dàjiā pō lěngshuǐ.
Don't throw cold water on everyone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 泼
天气 冷 ，容易感冒。
Tiānqì lěng, róngyì gǎnmào.
It's easy to catch a cold in cold weather.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 感冒
今天刮风，也很 冷 。
Jīntiān guāfēng, yě hěn lěng.
It's windy today, and cold as well.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 刮风
他的态度有点 冷 淡。
Tā de tàidu yǒudiǎn lěngdàn.
His attitude is a little cold.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冷淡
别对客人这么 冷 淡。
Bié duì kèren zhème lěngdàn.
Do not be so cool toward the guests.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冷淡
机器需要时间 冷 却。
Jīqì xūyào shíjiān lěngquè.
The machine needs time to cool down.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冷却
等汤 冷 却一点再喝。
Děng tāng lěngquè yìdiǎn zài hē.
Wait for the soup to cool a little before drinking it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 冷却
一阵 冷 风迎面吹来。
Yí zhèn lěng fēng yíng miàn chuī lái.
A gust of cold wind blew straight at us.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迎面
天 冷 了，记得戴帽子。
Tiān lěng le, jìde dài màozi.
It has turned cold; remember to wear a hat.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 戴
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From the graded readers
早上有太阳，不 冷 也不热。
zǎoshang yǒu tàiyáng, bù lěng yěbù rè.
There was sun in the morning; it wasn't cold or hot.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
那天晚上很 冷 ，天已经黑了。
nà / nèi tiān wǎnshang hěn lěng, tiān yǐjīng hēi le / liǎo / liào.
That evening was cold, and it was already dark.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
他给了我一个热红薯，说：“拿着，路上 冷 。”
tā gěile wǒ yīgè rè hóngshǔ, shuō:" názhe, lùshang lěng."
He handed me a hot sweet potato and said, "Take it — it's cold out there."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost
From the grammar library
天 冷 了。
Tiān lěng le.
It's got cold.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 了 — completed action and change of state
冷 appears in 55 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 冷
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 冷
How is 冷 used in a sentence?
This page shows 55 sentences using 冷 (lěng, "Cold (unpopular - ruthless - quiet)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 冷 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 冷 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 冷 an HSK word?
Yes — 冷 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 冷?
The dictionary page for 冷 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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