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Meaning of 寒

Pinyin hán

Radical

宀

Strokes

Definition

cold / poor / to tremble

Usage

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寒 [hán] 1. Cold; opposite of "暑" (hot). - Example: 寒冬 (cold winter), 寒色 (cold colors), 寒衣 (cold clothing), 寒冽 (bitterly cold), 寒带 (cold belt), 寒战 (cold war), 寒噤 (to shiver), 寒食 (the Festival of Cold Food, observed on the day before Qingming, when ancient people did not light a fire to cook), 寒喧 (cold talk), 寒来暑往 (as winter departs, summer comes), 唇亡齿寒 (when the lips are gone, the teeth are cold). 2. To be afraid. - Example: 寒心 (to feel fearful). 3. Poverty; sometimes used as a humble expression. - Example: 寒门 (a poor family), 寒伧 (poor and pitiful), 寒舍 (a humble abode), 寒窗 (a metaphor for a difficult learning environment), 寒酸 (poverty-stricken), 寒士 (an old term referring to poor scholars). 4. Desolate. - Example: 寒山 (a desolate mountain), 寒月 (cold moonlight). 5. Dreary; miserable. - Example: 寒声 (a dreary sound). 6. Withered. - Example: 寒枝 (trees bare in winter). 7. Humble term. - Example: 寒第 (humble reference to one's home), 寒族 (humble reference to one's family). 动 [hán] 1. To feel cold. - Example: 寒玉 (cold jade). 2. Fear; dread. - Example: 寒心 (to feel fear). 3. To specifically refer to the termination of an agreement. - Example: 遂寒前盟 (to end the previous agreement). 名 [hán] 1. A cold season; opposite of "暑" (hot). - Example: 寒暑 (winter and summer). 2. A cold day. - Example: 寒照 (sunshine on a cold day). 3. A cold night. - Example: 寒星 (stars on a cold night). 4. Referring to ailments caused by cold. - Example: 受了一点寒 (to catch a cold). 5. A surname.

寒噤 hán jìn

a shiver

唇亡齿寒 chún wáng chǐ hán

lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent

啼饥号寒 tí jī háo hán

hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

嘘寒问暖 xū hán wèn nuǎn

to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom) / to pamper

噤若寒蝉 jìn ruò hán chán

to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

寒意 hán yì

a nip in the air / chilliness

寒风 hán fēng

cold wind

寒气 hán qì

cold air

贫寒 pín hán

poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished

寒光 hán guāng

Cold light

伤寒 shāng hán

typhoid

避寒 bì hán

to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday

风寒 fēng hán

wind chill / cold weather / common cold (medicine)

高寒 gāo hán

high and cold (mountain area)

寒流 hán liú

cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream

寒潮 hán cháo

cold wave / CL:股[gu3]

耐寒 nài hán

coldproof / resistant to cold

寒带 hán dài

polar climate

十年寒窗 shí nián hán chuāng

persevere ten years in one's studies in spite of hardships / ten year's study at a cold window -- a student's long years of hard study

寒战 hán zhàn

shiver

不寒而栗 bù hán ér lì

shiver all over though not cold / tremble with fear / shudder

寒热 hán rè

chills and fever

寒酸 hán suān

wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)

春寒料峭 chūn hán liào qiào

There is a chill in the spring air. / There is a chill in the air in early spring. / The early spring weather is chilly. / slight spring chill

御寒 yù hán

to defend against the cold / to keep warm

寒冬 hán dōng

wintry

冬寒 dōng hán

Winter cold

寒冷 hán lěng

cold (climate) / frigid / very cold

天寒地冻 tiān hán dì dòng

cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold

寒暑 hán shǔ

cold and summer-heat

寒暑假 hán shǔ jià

winter and summer vacation

寒碜 hán chen

ugly / shameful / to ridicule

严寒 yán hán

bitter cold / severe winter

乍暖还寒 zhà nuǎn hái hán

After suddenly getting warmer, the weather has turned cold again.

寒伧 hán chen

variant of 寒磣|寒碜[han2 chen5]

酷寒 kù hán

bitter cold / severely cold

寒颤 hán zhàn

shivering

饥寒 jī hán

hunger and cold

饥寒交迫 jī hán jiāo pò

beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty

寒鸦 hán yā

(bird species of China) Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)