liàng

椋

Character · VerbTraditional涼

to cool down; to let cool

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to cool (down); to let hot food or liquid cool by leaving it aside

Used as a separable verb, often reduplicated as 凉一凉.

Zhè这
wǎn碗
tāng汤
tài太
tàng烫
le了
 ,
liàng凉
yi一
liàng凉
zài再
hē喝
 。

This bowl of soup is too hot; let it cool down before drinking.

Bǎ把
kāi开
shuǐ水
liàng凉
le了
zài再
dào倒
jìn进
huā花
píng瓶
lǐ里
 。

Let the boiled water cool before pouring it into the vase.