HSK 6 · Emotions

冷落 lěngluò “to snub” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 冷落 means

  1. to snub
  2. to give the cold shoulder
  3. deserted
  4. desolate
  5. unfrequented
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to treat sb coldly
  • to cold shoulder

How to say 冷落

  • 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落luò4th tone, falling

冷落 in a sentence

  1. 我被每个人冷落。

    Wǒ bèi měi ge rén lěngluò.

    Everyone gave me the cold shoulder.

    Sentence #781102 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 冷落 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 落 (luò) with each of its parts in a different colour
落luòto fall or drop
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 洛a river in the Shanxi province · luòSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 洛 (luò) hints at the sound. Compare it with luò.

How to write 冷落

冷 7 strokes · 落 12 strokes

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

Words related to 冷落

Words with 冷

冷lěng · cold冷静lěngjìng · calm冷淡lěngdàn · cold冷酷lěngkù · cold-hearted冷却lěngquè · to cool down

Words with 落

降落jiàngluò · to descend落后luòhòu · to fall behind角落jiǎoluò · corner堕落duòluò · to degenerate落成luòchéng · to be completed (building)落实luòshí · to put into effect丢三落四diūsānlàsì · forgetful

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FAQs

冷落 (lěngluò) means “to snub” or “to give the cold shoulder”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lěngluò: lěng with a 3rd tone, then luò with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 冷落 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lengluo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冷落 from the suggestions. Typing lengluo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冷落 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.