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The Chinese word for cold is

lěng



cold

Chinese Definition


cold
     1. 形容词.



Translations for cold and their definitions

     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


     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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