凉 (liáng): the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421), cool, cold
凉 (liáng) is a Chinese character meaning “the five liang of the sixteen kingdoms, namely: former liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), later liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), northern liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), southern liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), western liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421).” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 冫 (semantic) and 京 (phonetic). It ranks #1571 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 凉 ice. Its radical form 冫 (ice) appears in many related characters such as 冷 (lěng, cold), 净 (jìng, clean), 准 (zhǔn, to allow).
Definitions
- the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
- cool
- cold
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 凉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 凉快adjective | liáng kuai | pleasantly cool (weather etc) | 3 |
| 着凉verb | zháo liáng | to catch cold | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凉鞋 | liáng xié | sandal |
| 凉爽 | liáng shuǎng | cool and refreshing |
| 荒凉 | huāng liáng | desolate |
| 凄凉 | qī liáng | mournful |
| 冰凉 | bīng liáng | ice-cold |
| 冲凉 | chōng liáng | (dialect) to take a shower |
| 清凉 | qīng liáng | cool |
| 凉拌 | liáng bàn | to dress cold food with sauce |
| 凉亭 | liáng tíng | pavilion |
| 凉水 | liáng shuǐ | cool water |
| 风凉话 | fēng liáng huà | sneering |
| 阴凉 | yīn liáng | shady |
| 乘凉 | chéng liáng | to cool off in the shade |
| 荫凉 | yìn liáng | shady and cool |
| 受凉 | shòu liáng | to catch cold |
凉 appears in 63 compound words: 38 as the first character, 44 as the last, and 17 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 凉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Showing 3 of 4 idioms containing 凉.
Example Sentences
凉字的写法很特别,让我印象深刻。
liáng zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "凉" is written is quite unique and has left a deep impression on me.
天气/把握最后暖阳!明锋面报到湿凉 228连假雨区再扩大
tiān qì bǎ wò zuì hòu nuǎn yáng ! míng fēng miàn bào dào shī liáng 2 2 8 lián jiǎ yǔ qū zài kuò dà
Weather/Seize the last warm sun! Mingfeng reported that it was wet and cool, and the rain area was expanded again for 228 consecutive holidays
...28连假“全台变天”!雨势北往南扩大 湿凉估雷雨开炸
. . . 2 8 lián jiǎ quán tái biàn tiān ! yǔ shì běi wǎng nán kuò dà shī liáng gū léi yǔ kāi zhà
... 28 consecutive holidays "the whole Taiwan has changed the weather"! The rain expands from north to south, and the wet and cool thunderstorms are expected to explode
今起多波锋面影响北台降雨转凉 228连假全台下雨
jīn qǐ duō bō fēng miàn yǐng xiǎng běi tái jiàng yǔ zhuǎn liáng 2 2 8 lián jiǎ quán tái xià yǔ
Today, multiple waves of fronts have affected the rain in North Taiwan, and it has rained all over Taiwan during the 228 consecutive holidays
天气》今变天转湿凉 228连假泡汤 雨最大时间曝
tiān qì jīn biàn tiān zhuǎn shī liáng 2 2 8 lián jiǎ pāo tāng yǔ zuì dà shí jiān pù
Weather" Today's weather turns wet and cool, 228 consecutive holidays are in the hot spring, and the rain is exposed at the maximum time
明起多波锋面快闪晴雨凉暖交替 吴德荣:228连假降雨扩大
míng qǐ duō bō fēng miàn kuài shǎn qíng yǔ liáng nuǎn jiāo tì wú dé róng : 2 2 8 lián jiǎ jiàng yǔ kuò dà
Tomorrow, multiple waves of frontal flashes alternating between sunny and rainy Wu Derong: 228 consecutive holiday rains expanded
今天上午很凉爽,不是吗?
Jīntiān shàngwǔ hěn liángshuǎng, bùshìma?
It's cool this morning, isn't it?
你不介意我关窗吧?我有点着凉了。
Nǐ bù jièyì wǒ guān chuāng ba? wǒ yǒudiǎn zháoliáng le.
Would you mind if I shut the window? I have a slight cold.
炎炎夏日来杯冰凉的啤酒,人生一乐也!
Yányán xiàrì lái bēi bīngliáng de píjiǔ, rénshēng yī lè yě!
There is nothing like cold beer on a hot day.
她衣衫单薄,恐会着凉。
Tā yīshān dānbó, kǒng huì zháoliáng.
She wore such thin clothes that she might well catch a cold.
Character Family
冫 Radical Family — Characters sharing the ice radical
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