冷える

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 冷える is read as ひえる and is an intransitive verb meaning that air, an object, or the body becomes cold.
• Basic usage: Describing a room becoming cold at night appears in 部屋が冷える, while describing the body becoming chilled after getting wet appears in 体が冷える.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 冷やす
  • 冷える is intransitive for becoming cold, unlike cooling something.