Chinese

寒冷

/xän³⁵ lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
cold; freezing
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese寒 “cold; wintry; chilly”
    • ideaChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個/个 m c; 隻/只 h)”
    • ideaChinese茻 “multitude of grass”
  • characterChinese冷 “cold; cool”
    • meaningChinese仌 “ice”
    • soundChinese令 “to order; to command”
      • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
        • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
        • ideaChinese一 “one”
      • ideaChinese卩 “kneeling person”

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