bing1 laang5冰冷
Jyutpingbing1 laang5
Yalebīng láahng
Definition
Icy cold; as cold as ice.
colloquialbodyhealth
How it's used
Describes an intense, penetrating coldness that often implies a lack of warmth or life. While it can describe physical objects like water or metal, it is frequently used in a medical or health context to describe poor circulation. It carries a more descriptive and slightly more formal tone than simply saying 好凍.
Examples
Her hands are as ice-cold as a block of ice.
Do you often have cold hands and feet during winter?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this to describe weather, as it sounds unnatural; use 凍 or 好凍 instead. It is reserved for objects, body parts, or metaphorical descriptions of a person's attitude.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
