Chinese symbol for “frigid”
寒冷
hán lěng
cold (climate); frigid; very cold
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frigid is 寒冷 (hán lěng), defined as: cold (climate); frigid; very cold.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “frigid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天寒地冻 (天寒地凍) | tiān hán dì dòng | (idiom) bitterly cold; frigid |
| 凄 | qī | intense cold; frigid |
| 凄 (淒) | qī | intense cold; frigid |
| 冷若冰霜 | lěng ruò bīng shuāng | as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner; frigid |
| 凓 | lì | cold; frigid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 寒冷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寒冬 | hán dōng | cold winter |
| 严寒 (嚴寒) | yán hán | bitter cold; severe winter |
| 寒假 | hán jià | winter vacation |
| 寒流 | hán liú | cold air current; cold ocean current |
| 寒风 (寒風) | hán fēng | cold wind |
| 冷静 (冷靜) | lěng jìng | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet |
| 冷战 (冷戰) | lěng zhàn | cold war; (fig.) strained relationship |
| 冷漠 | lěng mò | cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frigid”.
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.