# 冷战 (lěngzhàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 冷战 (lěngzhàn) means “cold war; silent treatment”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: cold war; silent treatment
- Pinyin: lěngzhàn (leng3 zhan4)
- Traditional: 冷戰
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- Other readings: lěngzhan — shiver; shudder

## Examples

- 他们两个人已经冷战好几天了。
  Tāmen liǎng gè rén yǐjīng lěngzhàn hǎo jǐ tiān le.
  The two of them have been giving each other the silent treatment for days.

## Characters

- [冷](https://hanziro.com/word/leng-cold/) (lěng): cold
- 战 (zhàn): to fight; fight

https://hanziro.com/word/leng-zhan-cold-war/

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