劲峭

勁峭
jìngqiào
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (of wind) strong and bitterly cold
  2. 2 biting (of a winter wind)

Examples

Běifēng jìngqiào, xíngrén dōu suō zhe bózi.
The north wind was biting cold, and pedestrians were hunching their necks.
Shānkǒu de fēng géwài jìngqiào.
The wind at the mountain pass was especially fierce and freezing.

Tips

register
Literary. here is read jìng (strong/forceful), not the everyday jìn (vigor). Almost exclusively collocates with (wind). For other kinds of fierce cold, prefer 凛冽 lǐnliè or 刺骨 cìgǔ.

Stroke Order

jìn
qiào