凉

MeaningLiáng(adjective, verb, adverbial adjective, distinguishing word, vocab.word.pos.g)

the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421)

Related: 凉快 (pleasantly cool), 着凉 (catch a chill).

Examples

• 饭菜都凉了，快吃吧。

  fàn cài dōu liáng le, kuài chī ba.

  The food is getting cold, eat up.

• 秋天到了，天气凉了。

  qiū tiān dào le, tiān qì liáng le.

  Autumn is here and it's getting cool.

• 我想喝一杯凉水。

  wǒ xiǎng hē yì bēi liáng shuǐ.

  I'd like a glass of cold water.

Easily confused

• 冷 — 凉 is cool or gone cold; 冷 is properly cold.

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Meaningliàng(adjective, verb, adverbial adjective, distinguishing word, vocab.word.pos.g)

to let sth cool down

Examples

• 汤太烫了，先凉一凉再喝。

  tāng tài tàng le, xiān liáng yi liáng zài hē.

  The soup is too hot; let it cool a bit before drinking.

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