寒 (hon4 | han2) : cold; wintry; chilly

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寒

hon4

han2

[1] cold; wintry; chilly [2] poor [3] tremble

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

寒

This word has been viewed 11187 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 16:52

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小寒 siu2 hon4 xiao3 han2 = Lesser Cold, 23rd of the 24 solar terms 6th-19th January

大寒 daai6 hon4 da4 han2 = Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 20th January-3rd February

寒露 hon4 lou6 han2 lu4 = Cold Dew, 17th of the 24 solar terms 8th-22nd October

寒夜 hon4 je6 han2 ye4 = chilly night

寒假 hon4 gaa3 han2 jia4 = winter holiday / vacation

寒期 hon4 kei4 han2 qi1 (PRC), han2 qi2 (Taiwan) = winter; wintertime

孤寒 gu1 hon4 gu1 han2 = [粵] miserly; not generous; penny-pinching; 慳儉. [國] lonely, poor, humble

寒暑表 hon4 syu2 biu2 = thermometer, temperature gauge

嚴寒 jim4 hon4 yan2 han2 = bitter cold; frigid

寒暑 hon4 syu2 han2 shu3 = year
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佢出名孤寒粵
He's known for being stingy.

我在法國渡過了三個寒暑國
I spent three winters and summers in France.
["three winters and summers" symbolizes three years.]

四月尾忽然間落場大雪，真係「未食五月粽，寒衣唔入籠」！粵
It suddenly snowed during the end of April. "Until it's time to eat Dragon Boat Festival's dumplings, don't put away your warm clothes," as they say!
[未食五月粽寒衣唔入籠 is a Cantonese saying. There are variations used by Mandarin and other dialects.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 寒
Unicode code for this character: U+5BD2 (off-site link)

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