寒
hán HSK4

cold

寒 hán
cold adjective
physically cold; chilly weather or temperature

近来天气渐寒，出门别忘了多穿衣服。

jìn​lái tiān​qì jiàn hán, chū​mén bié wàng le duō chuān yī​fu.

The weather has been getting colder lately; don't forget to wear more clothes when you go out.

poor adjective
needy, impoverished, or of humble social status

他虽然出身寒微，但一直非常勤奋。

tā suī​rán chū​shēn hán wēi, dàn yī​zhí fēi​cháng qín​fèn.

Although he came from a humble background, he has always been very diligent.

shiver adjective
to tremble or shake, especially from fear or shock

听了那个恐怖的故事，我不禁感到胆寒。

tīng le nà​gè kǒng​bù de gù​shi, wǒ bù​jīn gǎn​dào dǎn hán.

After hearing that horror story, I couldn't help but feel terrified.

cold/icy noun
referring to the coldness or icy nature of an object, often used to describe the sharp, freezing sensation of light reflected off metal.

宝剑散发出阵阵寒芒。

bǎo​jiàn sàn​fā chū zhèn​zhèn hán máng.

The sword emitted a cold, sharp gleam.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,297th most common 96.6 per million
Movie subtitles
2,243rd most common 13.2 per million appears in 8% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.88 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
38.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+5BD2

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)