Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- lěng
- Lěng
English
- cold, cool
- surname Leng
- cold
- (noun) knitting yarn
- lonely
- cold; cool
- knitting yarn; woollen yarn. Transliteration from french "laine"
- means the place Chiu Chow. In Chiu Chow dialet, "People" is speak as laang1, then the people from Chiu Chow are called "laang people"
- a person. In Chiu Chow dialet, "People" is speak as laang1, then Cantonese borrow the sound to call a person as "laang"
粵語
- 温度低
- 毛線團，一圈用嚟織衫、頸巾嘅線。音譯自法語laine（量詞：條／嚿）
- 泛指潮州。因潮州話將「人」讀做「冷」，於是一般人將潮州人叫作「冷佬」，用「冷」泛指潮州。
- 指一個人。潮州話將「人」讀做「冷」，廣東人於是以戲仿形式借用潮州音
As a component in
Words containing 冷
- 冷淡laang5 daam6
cold
- 發冷faat3 laang5
to feel a chill (as an emotional response)
- 西冷sai1 laang1
(loanword) sirloin
- 冷門laang5 mun2
a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc)
- 冷靜laang5 zing6
calm; cool-headed; dispassionate
- 冷戰laang5 zin3
(US-Soviet) Cold War
- 寒冷hon4 laang5
cold (climate)
- 冷漠laang5 mok6
cold and detached towards sb
- 冷卻laang5 koek3
(lit. and fig.) to cool
- 冰冷bing1 laang5
ice-cold
- 冷氣laang5 hei3
cold air
- 冷凍laang5 dung3
to freeze (food etc)
- 冷酷laang5 huk6
unfeeling; callous
- 打冷daa2 laang1
to eat Teochew (Chaozhou) cuisine (a type of Chinese cuisine)
- 冷天laang3 tin1
cold day
- 天冷tin1 laang5
it's cold (weather)
- 水冷seoi2 laang5
to water-cool
- 生冷saang1 laang5
(of food) raw or cold
- 冷場laang5 coeng4
stage wait
- 冷面laang5 min6
grim
- 冷血laang5 hyut3
cold-blood
- 冷笑laang5 siu3
to sneer
- 毛冷mou4 laang1
(noun) knitting yarn
- 冷落laang5 lok6
desolate