发冷 (fā lěng) — to feel cold (especially as a symptom of illnes…

Definition

A verb phrase for feeling cold or having chills, often as a symptom of illness or from cold weather. Pairs with 发烧 as a paired symptom (发冷 → 发烧).

verb

to feel cold (especially as a symptom of illness)to have chills

发冷，。
Tā fā shāo qián xiān fā lěng, rán hòu tǐ wēn cái shēng gāo.
He felt chills before the fever, and only then did his temperature rise.
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Wǒ zuó wǎn fā le yí cì lěng, gài le liǎng chuáng bèi zi.
I had a bout of chills last night and covered myself with two quilts.
，发冷。
Wài miàn xià zhe dà yǔ, tā dòng dé zhí fā lěng.
It was raining heavily outside, and she was so cold she kept shivering.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

发fādevelop

发 suggests producing or developing a state, while 冷 names the cold feeling; together they describe feeling chilly.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

冫令冷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīngice

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

冷 uses 冫, the ice form, with 令 as a sound part, to mean cold as ice.

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