HSK 4 · Adjectives

冷静 lěngjìng “calm” in Chinese

Traditional 冷靜

What 冷静 means

  1. calm
  2. cool-headed
  3. dispassionate
  4. (of a place) deserted
  5. quiet

How to say 冷静

  • 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静jìng4th tone, falling

冷静 in a sentence

  1. 请冷静！

    Qǐng lěngjìng!

    Please, calm down!

    Sentence #2609570 from Tatoeba

  2. 我父亲一直很冷静。

    Wǒ fùqīn yìzhí hěn lěngjìng.

    My father always stays calm.

    Sentence #333856 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你冷静下来，从头开始跟我说。

    Nǐ lěngjìng xiàlai, cóngtóu kāishǐ gēn wǒ shuō.

    Calm down and tell me from the beginning.

    Sentence #5452165 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 冷静 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 静 (jìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
静jìngstill
  • 青blue-green · qīngMeaning part
  • 争to dispute · zhēngSound part

青 hints at the meaning (blue-green); 争 (zhēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jìng.

How to write 冷静

冷 7 strokes · 静 14 strokes

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

Words related to 冷静

Words with 冷

冷lěng · cold冷淡lěngdàn · cold冷酷lěngkù · cold-hearted冷落lěngluò · to snub冷却lěngquè · to cool down

Words with 静

安静ānjìng · quiet平静píngjìng · calm寂静jìjìng · quiet镇静zhènjìng · calm动静dòngjing · sound of movement

More words: Adjectives

科学kēxué · science空kōng · empty困难kùnnan · difficult懒lǎn · lazy礼貌lǐmào · courtesy厉害lìhai · impressive凉快liángkuai · nice and cold流利liúlì · fluent

FAQs

冷静 (lěngjìng) means “calm” or “cool-headed”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it lěngjìng: lěng with a 3rd tone, then jìng with a 4th 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, 冷静 is written 冷靜. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lengjing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冷静 from the suggestions. Typing lengjing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冷静 is an HSK 4 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.