怕冷

pàlěng

adjective

Meanings

1 sensitive to cold
2 easily gets cold
3 cold-intolerant

Characters

fear, be averse to

Examples

HSK 5

怕冷可能是气血不足的表现。

Pàlěng kěnéng shì qìxuè bùzú de biǎoxiàn.

Cold intolerance may be a sign of insufficient qi and blood.

HSK 6

我特别怕冷，冬天从不出门。

Wǒ tèbié pàlěng, dōngtiān cóngbù chūmén.

I'm really sensitive to cold - I never go out in winter.

HSK 7-9

她怕冷，一年四季都穿袜子睡觉。

Tā pàlěng, yì nián sìjì dōu chuān wàzi shuìjiào.

She gets cold easily - she sleeps in socks year-round.

Tips

grammar

怕 + X describes a standing aversion or sensitivity to X. You see it everywhere: 怕冷 (cold), 怕热 (heat), 怕辣 (spicy food), 怕黑 (the dark). The English equivalent is adjectival, not verbal: "afraid of" rarely fits.

Stroke Order

怕 pà

冷 lěng