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Chinese symbol for “sank”

凉了半截
liáng le bàn jié
Traditional: 涼了半截
felt a chill (in one's heart); (one's heart) sank

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sank is 凉了半截 (liáng le bàn jié), defined as: felt a chill (in one's heart); (one's heart) sank.

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

凉 liáng
cool, cold; disheartened
radical 15 ⼎ · 10 strokes
了 le
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes
半 bàn
half; semi-, incomplete
radical 24 ⼗ · 5 strokes
截 jié
to cut off, to obstruct, to stop; segment; intersection
radical 62 ⼽ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 凉了半截.

WordPinyinMeaning
凉爽 (涼爽)liáng shuǎngcool and refreshing
清凉 (清涼)qīng liángcool; refreshing
荒凉 (荒涼)huāng liángdesolate
凄凉 (悽涼)qī liángmournful; miserable
凉鞋 (涼鞋)liáng xiésandal
为了 (為了)wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
除了chú leapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca
一半yī bànhalf
截至jié zhìup to (a time); by (a time)

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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