凉

The character "凉" has 10 strokes. "凉" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "凉" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "凉" are "liáng" "liàng" . View the stroke order of "凉">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "凉"

adj.: cool; cold; depressed; discouraged; desolate; forlorn; godforsaken; used for the purpose of preventing heat/sunlight

n.: cool place; shade

v.: let sth cool (off/down)

• cool : adj.凉快的；凉爽的；冷淡的；不热心的；酷的；整整的；不折不扣的；清凉的；冷静的；不错
• cold : adj.气温低的；冷的；寒冷的；冷淡的；缺乏热情的；不易动感情的；不再新鲜的；不再易于跟随的；已变淡的；未准备的；未经热身的；意外的；突如其来的
• depressed : adj.沮丧的；消沉的；患抑郁症的；萧条的；衰退的；凹陷的；被压下的；被按下的；下陷的
• discouraged : vt.使气馁；阻碍；劝阻；使沮丧；（discourage的过去式）
• desolate : adj.无人烟的；荒凉的；凄凉的；孤独的；不幸的；痛苦的
• forlorn : adj.被遗弃的；孤苦伶仃的；可怜的；不可能成功的；没希望的
• godforsaken : adj.毫无优点的；一点不吸引人的
• shade : n.荫；阴凉处；深浅浓淡；灯罩；鬼；幽灵；阴暗处；默默无闻；细微差别；略微

Form words with "凉"

凉枕 cool pillow

透心儿凉 chilling/cutting one to the bone/marrow; cold to the marrow;bitterly disappointed

Example phrases using "凉"

• 水太热，拿两个碗折一折就凉了。

  The water’s too hot. Pour it back and forth from one bowl to another to cool it.

• 秋天到了，天气慢慢凉上来。

  It’s getting cooler and cooler in autumn.

• 即使在炎热的夏天，地窖里还是凉森森的。

  It is pretty cold down in the cellar even in hot summer.

• 都六月了，天还这么凉。

  It’s already June, yet it’s still so cool.

• 水还不够凉，不能喝。

  The water is not cool enough to drink.

• 不知他是吃多了，还是着了凉，就一命呜呼了。

  No one knew whether he had eaten too much or caught a chill, but he suddenly breathed his last and gave up the ghost.

• 心静自然凉。

  So long as one keeps calm, one doesn’t feel the heat too much. / A tranquil mind helps the person remain cool in the heat.

• 白天热晚上凉的季节。

  [as adj. alternating]a season of alternating hot days and cool nights.

• 把糕点凉５分钟。

  [with obj.]cool the pastry for five minutes.

• 你最好趁它没有凉之前先喝了它。

  You had better drink it before it cools.