HSK 5 · Emotions

冷淡 lěngdàn “cold” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 冷淡 means

  1. cold
  2. indifferent
  3. unfriendly

How to say 冷淡

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale冷lěng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale淡dàn4th tone, falling

冷淡 in a sentence

  1. 我对她很冷淡。

    Wǒ duì tā hěn lěngdàn.

    I was very cold towards her.

    Sentence #462153 from Tatoeba

How 冷淡 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 冷 (lěng) with each of its parts in a different colour
冷lěngcold
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 令command · língSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 令 (líng) hints at the sound. Compare it with lěng.

The character 淡 (dàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
淡dàninsipid
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 炎flame · yánSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 炎 (yán) hints at the sound. Compare it with dàn.

How to write 冷淡

冷 7 strokes · 淡 11 strokes

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

Words related to 冷淡

Words with 冷

冷lěng · cold冷静lěngjìng · calm冷酷lěngkù · cold-hearted冷落lěngluò · to snub冷却lěngquè · to cool down

Words with 淡

淡dàn · light (in taste or colour)清淡qīngdàn · light (of food淡季dànjì · off season淡水dànshuǐ · fresh water

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FAQs

冷淡 (lěngdàn) means “cold” or “indifferent”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it lěngdàn: lěng with a 3rd tone, then dàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 冷淡 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lengdan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冷淡 from the suggestions. Typing lengdan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冷淡 is an HSK 5 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.