HSK 5 · Body

着凉 zháoliáng “to catch a cold” in Chinese

Traditional 著涼

What 着凉 means

  1. to catch a cold
  2. to catch a chill
  3. to catch cold

How to say 着凉

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale着zháo2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale凉liáng2nd tone, rising

着凉 in a sentence

  1. 小心着凉啊！

    Xiǎoxīn zháoliáng a!

    Be careful not to catch a cold!

    Sentence #826542 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我肯定着凉了。

    Wǒ kěndìng zháoliáng le.

    I must have caught a cold.

    Sentence #336032 from Tatoeba

  3. 你不介意我关窗吧？我有点着凉了。

    Nǐ bú jièyì wǒ guān chuāng ba? Wǒ yǒudiǎn zháoliáng le.

    You don’t mind if I close the window, do you? I think I’ve caught a bit of a chill.

    Sentence #1867037 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 着凉 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 着 (zhe) with each of its parts in a different colour
着zháoto touch
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 目eye · mù
The character 凉 (liáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
凉liángcool
  • 冫ice · bīngMeaning part
  • 京capital city · jīngSound part

冫 hints at the meaning (ice); 京 (jīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with liáng.

How to write 着凉

着 11 strokes · 凉 10 strokes

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

Words related to 着凉

Words with 着

着zhe · particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)着急zháojí · to worry接着jiēzhe · next随着suízhe · along with着火zháohuǒ · to catch fire着想zhuóxiǎng · to consider (the needs of)着重zhuózhòng · to emphasise着手zhuóshǒu · to set about沉着chénzhuó · calm and collected执着zhízhuó · persistent

Words with 凉

凉快liángkuai · nice and cold荒凉huāngliáng · desolate凄凉qīliáng · desolate

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FAQs

着凉 (zháoliáng) means “to catch a cold” or “to catch a chill”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zháoliáng: zháo with a 2nd tone, then liáng 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, 着凉 is written 著涼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhaoliang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 着凉 from the suggestions. Typing zhaoliang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
着凉 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.