冷
lěng
cold
Type: AdjectivesHSK 1
Radical 冫 (ice) + 令 (order, phonetic). Ice conveys the feeling of cold.
The opposite of 热 (hot). In winter, northern China can drop to -20°C. People say '冷死了' (freezing to death) even though it's a colloquial exaggeration.
冫bīngice
令lìngto command
今天很冷。
Jīntiān hěn lěng.
It is very cold today.
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