寒 hán

1. hán adjective cold; wintry; chilly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 冷 (Guoyu '寒' adj 1; Unihan '寒'; XHZD '寒' 1)
2. hán adjective poor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 穷 (Guoyu '寒' adj 2; XHZD '寒' 2)
3. hán adjective lowly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 卑贱 (Guoyu '寒' adj 3)
4. hán noun coldest part of the year
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the traditional Chinese calendar (Guoyu '寒' n 1)
5. hán proper noun Han Zhuo
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: State 国
   Notes: Same as 寒浞 (Guoyu '寒' n 2)
6. hán proper noun Han
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '寒' n 3)
7. hán verb to chill
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '寒' v 1)
8. hán verb to be afraid; to be scared
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 害怕 (Guoyu '寒' v 2)
9. hán verb to stop; to cease
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 停止 (Guoyu '寒' v 3)

Contained in

• 寒来暑往(寒來暑往) cool weather comes when the summer heat goes away
• 驱寒(驅寒) to warm oneself; to expel the cold
• 伤寒沙门氏菌(傷寒沙門氏菌) salmonella typhimurium
• 寒热(寒熱) a fever; hot and cold
• 寒碜(寒磣) ugly; shameful; to ridicule
• 寒战(寒戰) to shiver
• 寒心 disillusioned; bitterly disappointed; terrified
• 心寒 bitterly disappointed; frightened
• 家世寒微 to be of humble origin
• 寒喧 to exchange conventional greetings; to exchange pleasantries
• 苦寒 bitter cold
• 受寒 affected by cold; to catch cold
• 清寒 poor; underprivileged ; crisp and clear
• 寒武爆发(寒武爆發) the Cambrian explosion
• 冰冻三尺，非一日之寒(冰凍三尺，非一日之寒) three feet of ice does not form in a single day; Rome wasn't built in a day
• 寒瓜 watermelon
• 小寒 Xiaohan ; moderately cold seather
• 北寒带(北寒帶) the north frigid zone
• 御寒(禦寒) to defend against the cold; to keep warm
• 寒露 Hanlu ; cold dew; cold weather
• 荒寒 desolate and cold; frozen wastes
• 寒假 winter vacation
• 寒武纪(寒武紀) Cambrian period
• 家道贫寒(家道貧寒) background from a poor family
• 伤寒(傷寒) typhoid
• 尖寒 a shudder
• 副伤寒(副傷寒) paratyphoid fever
• 寒舍 my humble home
• 耐寒 coldproof; resistant to cold
• 寒武纪大爆发(寒武紀大爆發) the Cambrian explosion
• 寒怯 cowardly
• 寒荆(寒荊) (polite) my wife
• 寒暄 exchanging conventional greetings
• 春寒料峭 spring chill weather
• 寒天 chilly weather
• 寒暑 cold and hot weather ; winter and summer ; start and finish
• 破瓦寒窑(破瓦寒窯) broken tiles, cold hearth; a broken-down house; poor and shabby dwelling
• 寒微 of humble origin
• 饥饿寒冷(飢餓寒冷) hunger and cold
• 高处不胜寒(高處不勝寒) it's lonely at the top
• 数九寒天(數九寒天) nine periods of cold days each after winter solstice
• 寒食 cold food
• 啼饥号寒(啼飢號寒) to cry due to suffering from hunger and cold ; hunger cries and cold roars; wretched poverty
• 寒伧(寒傖) ugly; shameful; to ridicule
• 轻寒(輕寒) mildly cold
• 不寒而栗(不寒而慄) shiver all over though not cold; tremble with fear; shudder
• 寒带气候(寒帶氣候) polar climate
• 饱暖思淫欲，饥寒起盗心(飽暖思淫欲，飢寒起盜心) lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold
• 寒毛 fine hair on the human body

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寒浞 、 寒亭

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 18
• 卷十三 Scroll 13 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 17
• 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 17
• 卷三十六　　　　志第二十六　　五行三 Volume 36 Treatises 30: Five Elements 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 16
• 卷三十三 志第二十三 五行四 Volume 33 Treatises 23: Five Elements 4 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 14
• 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 卷六十二 志第十五 五行一下 Volume 62 Treatises 15: Five Elements 1b History of Song 宋史 — count: 13
• 第四十八回 Chapter 48 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
• 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 12

Collocations

• 齿寒 (齒寒) 脣亡齒寒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 12
• 冻寒 (凍寒) 衣凍寒 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 6
• 寒泉 (寒泉) 有寒泉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶风‧凱風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Kai Feng — count: 5
• 寒温 (寒溫) 衣服足以適寒溫 — Guanzi 管子, 禁藏第五十三 Chapter 53: Jin Cang — count: 4
• 曰寒 (曰寒) 曰寒 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洪範 Zhou Shu - Great Plan — count: 4
• 夏寒 (夏寒) 為牛廬者夏寒 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經說下 Book 10 - Exposition of Canon II — count: 4
• 寒疾 (寒疾) 陰淫寒疾 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 寒耕 (寒耕) 使農夫寒耕暑耘 — Guanzi 管子, 臣乘馬第六十八 Chapter 68: The Statesman's Team of Horses — count: 3
• 始寒 (始寒) 始寒 — Guanzi 管子, 幼官第八 Chapter 8: Young Officials — count: 3
• 衣寒 (衣寒) 內無以食饑衣寒 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非命上 Book 9 - Anti-Fatalism I — count: 3