# 冷酷 (lěngkù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 冷酷 (lěngkù) means “callous; cold-hearted”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: callous; cold-hearted
- Pinyin: lěngkù (leng3 ku4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他的眼神看起来十分冷酷。
  Tā de yǎnshén kànqǐlái shífēn lěngkù.
  The look in his eyes seems very cold-hearted.

## Characters

- [冷](https://hanziro.com/word/leng-cold/) (lěng): cold
- [酷](https://hanziro.com/word/ku-cool/) (kù): cool; hip

https://hanziro.com/word/leng-ku-callous/

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