Skip to content
  1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. 冷漠

冷漠

lěng mò

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • cold and detached towards sb

Definition

冷淡,不关心,不热情。

Indifferent, cold, lacking warmth or concern.

Usage

形容对人的态度冷淡,缺乏感情或关心。

Describes a cold attitude towards others, lacking emotion or concern.

Examples

  • 1 他对别人的困难总是很冷漠,从不帮忙。 (He is always indifferent to others' difficulties and never helps.)
  • 2 她的冷漠目光让我感到心寒。 (Her cold gaze made me feel chilled.)
  • 3 社会不能对这些问题冷漠视之。 (Society cannot be indifferent to these issues.)
  • 4 他冷漠地拒绝了所有请求。 (He coldly rejected all requests.)
  • 5 在灾难面前,我们不能保持冷漠。 (In the face of disaster, we cannot remain indifferent.)
View the full HSK 7–9 vocabulary list

Put it into practice

Exam-style HSK drills with instant scoring and explanations.

Find my HSK level

Free · about 3 minutes · no account needed

Look up words like this on any website

The free HSK Training extension shows pinyin, meaning and HSK level when you hover Chinese text — anywhere on the web.

Add to Chrome