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冷 — cold

Pinyin
lěng · Lěng
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — lěng, Lěng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 冷: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

冷 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 冷 in the HSK syllabus: 14

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 冷lěngcoldHSK 1
  2. 寒冷hánlěngcold; frigid; very coldHSK 4
  3. 冷静lěngjìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; deserted; quietHSK 4
  4. 忽冷忽热hūlěng-hūrènow hot, now cold; to alternateHSK 7–9
  5. 冷淡lěngdàncold; indifferentHSK 7–9
  6. 冷冻lěngdòngto freeze; freezingHSK 7–9
  7. 冷酷lěngkùunfeeling; callousHSK 7–9
  8. 冷落lěngluòdesolate; unfrequented; to treat sb coldly; to snubHSK 7–9
  9. 冷门lěngména neglected branchHSK 7–9
  10. 冷漠lěngmòcold and detached towards sb; lack of regardHSK 7–9
  11. 冷气lěngqìcold air; air conditioningHSK 7–9
  12. 冷却lěngquèto coolHSK 7–9
  13. 冷战lěngzhànCold WarHSK 7–9
  14. 泼冷水pō lěngshuǐto pour cold water on; to dampen sb's enthusiasmHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.