Cold in Chinese (Mandarin): 冷 (lěng)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 冷

• 冷

  Cold. 冫 on the left stands for ice.

  7 strokes

Third tone. The two dots of 冫 mean ice, as in 冰 (bīng, ice).

More examples with 冷

• 冬天很冷。

  Dōngtiān hěn lěng.

  Winter is cold.

• 我很冷，要穿外套。

  Wǒ hěn lěng, yào chuān wàitào.

  I'm cold, so I need a coat.

How to write 冷 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.