HSK 6 · Nature

严寒 yánhán “bitter cold” in Chinese

Traditional 嚴寒

What 严寒 means

  1. bitter cold
  2. severe winter

How to say 严寒

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale严yán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale寒hán2nd tone, rising

严寒 in a sentence

  1. 今天早上天气严寒。

    Jīntiān zǎoshang tiānqì yánhán.

    It’s bitterly cold this morning.

    Sentence #796076 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 严寒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 严 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
严yántight
  • 亚Asia · yà
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
The character 寒 (hán) drawn as one shape
寒háncold

寒 is a single shape of 12 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 严寒

严 7 strokes · 寒 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

严寒 (yánhán) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 严寒 (yánhán). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 严寒

Words with 严

严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave严肃yánsù · solemn严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict严密yánmì · tight庄严zhuāngyán · solemn严禁yánjìn · to strictly prohibit尊严zūnyán · dignity

Words with 寒

寒假hánjià · winter holidays寒暄hánxuān · to exchange pleasantries

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汹涌xiōngyǒng · surging夕阳xīyáng · setting sun悬崖峭壁xuányáqiàobì · sheer cliff畜牧xùmù · animal husbandry淹没yānmò · to submerge炎热yánrè · scorching hot (weather)岩石yánshí · rock翼yì · wing

FAQs

严寒 (yánhán) means “bitter cold” or “severe winter”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yánhán: yán with a 2nd tone, then hán with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 严寒 is written 嚴寒. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanhan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 严寒 from the suggestions. Typing yanhan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
严寒 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.