The Chinese word for cold is
冷
lěng
Chinese Definition
| cold | |
| 1. 形容词. 冷 |
Translations for cold and their definitions
| 冷 | |
| 1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) woollen yarn | |
| 2. (Cantonese, slang) guy; person | |
| 3. (Cantonese) (Used in words related to Teochew people.) | |
| 冷laang5-1話waa6-2 - Teochew language |
| 寒 | |
| 1. cold; wintry; chilly | |
| 2. poor; poverty-stricken | |
| 3. humble; petty and low | |
| 4. desolate; deserted | |
| 5. dreary; miserable | |
| 6. withered; limp | |
| 7. (humble) my | |
| 寒舍 - (one's own) humble home | |
| 8. to feel cold | |
| 9. to fear; to dread | |
| 10. winter | |
| 11. cold weather; cold day or night | |
| 12. (TCM) cold; chill | |
| 13. (telegraphy) the fourteenth day of a month |
| 寒冷 | |
| 1. adj. (weather) cold; freezing | |
| ^室外 非常 寒冷，大家 都 把 身體 蜷縮 起來lai 保暖。 - It's freezing outside, everyone huddle together to keep warm. |
| 感冒 | |
| 1. n. (disease) cold (common viral illness); common cold | |
| 細菌性 感冒 - bacterial cold | |
| 病毒性 感冒 - viral cold | |
| 2. n. (informal) influenza | |
| 3. n. (literary, historical) (pretext for requesting leave of absence used by officials in the Qing dynasty) | |
| 4. v. to catch a cold | |
| 5. v. (literary) to sense; to feel | |
| 6. v. (Mainland China, figurative, colloquial, often in the negative) to fancy; to be interested in | |
| 7. v. (Taiwan, figurative, colloquial) to loathe; to hate |
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