Chinese word dictionary

受凉

shòu liáng · to catch cold

Practice word

Word information

Simplified受凉

Traditional受涼

Pinyinshòu liáng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

受shòu

to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

凉liáng

cool, cold; disheartened

How to learn 受凉

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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凉快liángkuai

pleasantly cool (weather etc); to cool oneself; to cool off; (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing; (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out

受shòu

to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom

受到shòudào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

感受gǎnshòu

to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience

接受jiēshòu

to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce

凉liáng