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冷
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- 冷
- lěng · cold, cool; lonely
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Cantonese word readings for 冷. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- cold; cool
- (dialectal) to cool; to cool down; to become cold
- cold; desolate; quiet
- cold; indifferent
- to dishearten
- idle
- disdainful; sarcastic
- neglected; not popular
- unfamiliar; rare
- corny; lame
- sudden; unexpected
- a surname
character · Etymology 1
- only used in 冷凙／冷𪞝
character · Etymology 1
- only used in 㓑冷
character · Etymology 2
- (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Pinghua, Leizhou Min, Hainanese) woollen yarn (Classifier: 條／条 c; 嚿／𫩥 c)
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese, slang, humorous) guy; person (Classifier: 條／条 c)
- (Cantonese) Used in words related to Teochew people.
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