Chinese symbol for “shiver”
冷战
lěng zhan
Traditional: 冷戰
(coll.) shiver; shudder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shiver is 冷战 (lěng zhan), defined as: (coll.) shiver; shudder.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shiver”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寒战 (寒戰) | hán zhàn | shiver |
| 打颤 (打顫) | dǎ zhàn | to shiver; to tremble |
| 发颤 (發顫) | fā chàn | to shiver |
| 哆嗦 | duō suo | to tremble; to shiver |
| 寒噤 | hán jìn | a shiver |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冷战.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冷静 (冷靜) | lěng jìng | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet |
| 寒冷 | hán lěng | cold (climate); frigid |
| 冷漠 | lěng mò | cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard |
| 冷却 (冷卻) | lěng què | (lit. and fig.) to cool |
| 战争 (戰爭) | zhàn zhēng | war; conflict; 场 (cháng),次 (cì) |
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy |
| 战斗 (戰鬥) | zhàn dòu | to fight; to engage in combat |
| 挑战 (挑戰) | tiǎo zhàn | to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shiver”.
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.