凉水
HSK 3 (2021)
凉水 (liángshuǐ) · cold water
凉水 (liángshuǐ) means “cold water; cool water”. It is written with 2 characters: 凉 (cool) + 水 (water). It is an HSK 3 word in the 2021 standard.
How 凉水 is built
The characters
凉 liáng · cool
What 凉 is made of
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 京jīng — capital
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 冫 gives the meaning, 京 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
水 shuǐ · water
What 水 is made of
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: A river running between two banks; compare 川 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
天太热了，我想喝凉水。Tiān tài rè le, wǒ xiǎng hē liángshuǐ.It's so hot; I want to drink cool water.
别用凉水洗澡。Bié yòng liángshuǐ xǐzǎo.Don't take a bath in cold water.
Questions about 凉水
What does 凉水 mean?
凉水 (liángshuǐ) means “cold water; cool water”.
How do you pronounce 凉水?
凉水 is pronounced liángshuǐ.
Which HSK level is 凉水?
凉水 is in HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 凉快liángkuainice and cool
- 着凉zháoliángto catch a cold
- 荒凉huāngliángdesolate
- 凄凉qīliángdreary
- 凉liángcool
- 水果shuǐguǒfruit
- 水平shuǐpínglevel
- 药水yàoshuǐliquid medicine
- 纯净水chúnjìngshuǐpurified water
- 海水hǎishuǐseawater
Learn 凉水 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 62: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.