HSK 6 · Science

冷却 lěngquè “to cool down” in Chinese

Traditional 冷卻

What 冷却 means

  1. to cool down
  2. cooling
  3. (lit. and fig.) to cool

How to say 冷却

  • 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却què4th tone, falling

冷却 in a sentence

  1. 金属冷却的时候会收缩。

    Jīnshǔ lěngquè de shíhou huì shōusuō.

    Metals contract when they cool.

    Sentence #405772 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 冷却 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 却 (què) with each of its parts in a different colour
却quèbut
  • 去to go away · qùSound part
  • 卩seal · jiéMeaning part

卩 hints at the meaning (seal); 去 (qù) hints at the sound. Compare it with què.

How to write 冷却

冷 7 strokes · 却 7 strokes

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

Words related to 冷却

Words with 冷

冷lěng · cold冷静lěngjìng · calm冷淡lěngdàn · cold冷酷lěngkù · cold-hearted冷落lěngluò · to snub

Words with 却

却què · but

More words: Science & Technology

机械jīxiè · machinery基因jīyīn · gene勘探kāntàn · to explore雷达léidá · radar立方lìfāng · cube密度mìdù · density能量néngliàng · energy凝固nínggù · to solidify

FAQs

冷却 (lěngquè) means “to cool down” or “cooling”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it lěngquè: lěng with a 3rd tone, then què 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, 冷却 is written 冷卻. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lengque with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 冷却 from the suggestions. Typing lengque into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
冷却 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.