寒 (hán): cold
寒 (hán) is a Chinese character meaning “cold.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 宀 (structural). It ranks #1289 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- cold
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 寒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 寒冷adjective | hán lěng | cold (climate) | 4 |
| 寒冬noun | hán dōng | cold winter | 6 |
| 严寒adjective | yán hán | bitter cold | 6 |
| 寒假noun | hán jià | winter vacation | 4 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤寒noun | shāng hán | typhoid |
| 寒舍noun | hán shè | my humble home |
| 寒酸adjective | hán suān | wretched |
| 寒暄noun | hán xuān | to exchange conventional greetings |
| 寒风 | hán fēng | cold wind |
| 饥寒交迫adjective | jī hán jiāo pò | beset by hunger and cold (idiom) |
| 心寒adjective | xīn hán | bitterly disappointed |
| 胆寒verb | dǎn hán | to fear |
| 贫寒adjective | pín hán | poor |
| 寒碜adjective | hán chen | ugly |
| 不寒而栗phrase | bù hán ér lì | lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom) |
| 天寒地冻phrase | tiān hán dì dòng | (idiom) bitterly cold |
| 寒毛noun | hán máo | fine hair on the human body |
| 御寒verb | yù hán | to defend against the cold |
| 寒意noun | hán yì | a nip in the air |
寒 appears in 95 compound words: 41 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 寒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (16)
lit. broken tiles, cold hearth; fig. a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling
to show concern for someone's welfare; to enquire about someone's well-being
to work hard for one day and do nothing for ten; to work by fits and starts; to act without perseverance or persistence
to tremble with fear; to shudder; to shiver all over despite not being cold
Showing 12 of 16 idioms containing 寒.
Example Sentences
寒冷的冬天，大家要注意保暖，预防感冒。
Hánlěng de dōngtiān, dàjiā yào zhùyì bǎonuǎn, yùfáng gǎnmào.
In the cold winter, everyone should keep warm and prevent colds.
范逸臣寒风守候 田中千绘甜喊很幸福
fàn yì chén hán fēng shǒu hòu tián zhōng qiān huì tián hǎn hěn xìng fú
Fan Yichen waited in the cold wind, and Chie Tanaka shouted sweetly that he was very happy
...奶”车底发现不明物体 去车行检查才知超心寒真相
. . . nǎi chē de fā xiàn bù míng wù tǐ qù chē háng jiǎn chá cái zhī chāo xīn hán zhēn xiāng
... Milk" found an unknown object under the car and went to the car dealership to check to find out the truth about the chill
中国军校丨今年寒假,我们这样度过
zhōng guó jūn jiào 丨 jīn nián hán jiǎ , wǒ men zhè yàng dù guò
Chinese Military Academy丨This year's winter vacation, we spent it like this
河北男孩放寒假每天睡到中午12点,爸爸不许家人打扰....
hé běi nán hái fàng hán jiǎ měi tiān shuì dào zhōng wǔ 1 2 diǎn , bà bà bù xǔ jiā rén dǎ rǎo . . . .
Hebei boy sleeps until 12 noon every day during the winter vacation, and his father does not allow his family to disturb him....
寒风中的暖流丨贵安新区市场监督管理局为外卖...
hán fēng zhōng de nuǎn liú 丨 guì ān xīn ōu shì chǎng jiān dū guǎn lǐ jú wéi wài mài . . .
Warm Current in the Cold Wind丨Gui'an New District Market Supervision Administration for Takeaway...
你寒假过得愉快吗？
Nǐ hánjià guòdé yúkuài ma?
Did you enjoy your winter holidays?
一股寒流侵袭了欧洲。
Yī gǔ hánliú qīnxí le ōuzhōu.
Extreme cold covered Europe.
有些植物无法适应寒冷。
Yǒuxiē zhíwù wúfǎ shìyìng hánlěng.
Some plants cannot adapt themselves to the cold.
无论外面多么寒冷，房间始终既舒适又温暖。
Wúlùn wàimiàn duōme hánlěng, fángjiān shǐzhōng jì shūshì yòu wēnnuǎn.
No matter how cold it is outside, the rooms are comfortably heated.
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