冷漠 meaning in English

lěngmò

cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard

HSK 7-9adjective20 strokes

Meaning of 冷漠

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lěngmò
  1. cold and detached towards sb
  2. lack of regard
  3. indifference
  4. neglect

冷漠 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

社shè会huì变biàn态tài者zhě是shì冷lěng漠mò的de。
A sociopath is cold.
大dà部bù分fèn人rén都dōu挺tǐng冷lěng漠mò。
The majority of people are quite indifferent.
在zài他tā身shēn上shàng没méi有yǒu大dà城chéng市shì人rén的de那nà种zhǒng冷lěng漠mò。
He doesn't have the indifference typical of people from big cities.
你nǐ对duì待dài身shēn边biān的de人rén太tài冷lěng漠mò了le。
You are too indifferent to those around you.
秘mì书shū冷lěng漠mò地dì回huí答dá了le我wǒ。
The secretary responded back to me coldly.

Stroke order for each character

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冷 lěng · cold · 7 strokes

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漠 mò · desert · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 冷漠.

冷静lěngjìngcalm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet
寒冷hánlěngcold (climate); frigid
沙漠shāmòdesert
冷水lěngshuǐcold water; unboiled water
冷气lěngqìcold air; air conditioning
冷酷lěngkùunfeeling; callous
冷冻lěngdòngto freeze (food etc); (of weather) freezing
冷淡lěngdàncold; indifferent
冷战lěngzhàncold war; (fig.) strained relationship
冷酷无情lěngkù-wúqíngcold-hearted; unfeeling; callous
冷落lěngluòdesolate; unfrequented
冷笑lěngxiàoto sneer; to laugh grimly

Questions about 冷漠

What does 冷漠 mean?

冷漠 (lěngmò) means "cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 冷漠?

冷漠 is made of 2 characters: 冷 (7 strokes), 漠 (13 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 冷漠 an HSK word?

Yes. 冷漠 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.