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Chinese symbol for “chilling”

冷飕飕
lěng sōu sōu
Traditional: 冷颼颼
chilling; chilly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chilling is 冷飕飕 (lěng sōu sōu), defined as: chilling; chilly.

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Characters and stroke order

冷 lěng
cold, cool; lonely
radical 15 ⼎ · 7 strokes
飕 sōu
a chill breeze; to blow; the sound of the wind
radical 182 ⾵ · 13 strokes
飕
飕 sōu
a chill breeze; to blow; the sound of the wind
radical 182 ⾵ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冷飕飕.

WordPinyinMeaning
冷静 (冷靜)lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
冷战 (冷戰)lěng zhàncold war; (fig.) strained relationship
寒冷hán lěngcold (climate); frigid
冷漠lěng mòcold and detached towards sb; lack of regard
冷却 (冷卻)lěng què(lit. and fig.) to cool
飕飕 (颼颼)sōu sōusound of the wind blowing or rain falling

See also: Japanese symbol for “chilling”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.