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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

寒 hán
chilly, cold; poor; to shiver, to tremble
radical 40 ⼧ · 12 strokes
冷 lěng
cold, cool; lonely
radical 15 ⼎ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “frigid”

WordPinyinMeaning
天寒地冻 (天寒地凍)tiān hán dì dòng(idiom) bitterly cold; frigid
凄qīintense cold; frigid
凄 (淒)qīintense cold; frigid
冷若冰霜lěng ruò bīng shuāngas cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner; frigid
凓lìcold; frigid

Related words

Other words that share a character with 寒冷.

WordPinyinMeaning
寒冬hán dōngcold winter
严寒 (嚴寒)yán hánbitter cold; severe winter
寒假hán jiàwinter vacation
寒流hán liúcold air current; cold ocean current
寒风 (寒風)hán fēngcold wind
冷静 (冷靜)lěng jìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
冷战 (冷戰)lěng zhàncold war; (fig.) strained relationship
冷漠lěng mòcold 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.

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