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热
熱
rè
1.
to warm up
2.
to heat up
3.
hot (of weather)
4.
heat
5.
fervent
HSK 1
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
伴热
bànrè
steam or heat tracing
低热
dīrè
a low fever (up to 38°C)
供热
gōngrè
heat supply
传热
chuánrè
heat transfer
加热
jiārè
to heat
受热
shòurè
heated
吸热
xīrè
heat absorption
地热
dìrè
geothermal
均热
jūnrè
to heat evenly (e.g. in smelting metal)
大热
dàrè
great heat
闷热
mēnrè
sultry
散热
sànrè
dissipate heat
暑热
shǔrè
hot (summer) weather
暴热
bàorè
to trend
核热
hérè
nuclear heat
比热
bǐrè
specific heat
清热
qīngrè
to alleviate fever (medicine)
温热
wēnrè
tepid
潜热
qiánrè
latent heat
潮热
cháorè
hot flush
Example Sentences (8)
我身体不太好。天气太热了，不爱吃饭。
Wǒ shēntǐ bú tài hǎo. Tiānqì tài rè le, bú ài chīfàn.
My health is not very good. The weather is too hot, and I don't feel like eating.
Text 3
南方太热了，北方好一些，不冷也不热。
Nánfāng tài rè le,Běifāng hǎo yìxiē,bù lěng yě bú rè.
The south is too hot; the north is better, neither cold nor hot.
Text 3
南方太热了，北方好一些，不冷也不热。
Nánfāng tài rè le,Běifāng hǎo yìxiē,bù lěng yě bú rè.
The south is too hot; the north is better, neither cold nor hot.
Text 3
明天天气很好，不冷不热。
Míngtiān tiānqì hěn hǎo, bù lěng bù rè.
The weather will be very good tomorrow, neither cold nor hot.
Text 1
九月的北京天气不冷也不热。
Jiǔ yuè de běi jīng tiān qì bù lěng yě bù rè.
Beijing's weather in September is neither cold nor hot.
Text 1
春天天气时冷时热，特别容易感冒。这时候一定要多注意保暖，另外，最好经常打开窗户换换空气。
Chūntiān tiānqì shí lěng shí rè, tèbié róngyì gǎnmào. Zhè shíhou yídìng yào duō zhùyì bǎonuǎn, lìngwài, zuìhǎo jīngcháng dǎkāi chuānghu huàn huan kōngqì.
In spring, the weather is sometimes cold and sometimes hot, and it's especially easy to catch a cold. At this time you must pay more attention to keeping warm. Also, it's best to open the windows often to let in fresh air.
Text 1
太热了，我还是把空调打开吧。
Tài rè le, wǒ háishì bǎ kōngtiáo dǎkāi ba.
It's too hot; I'd better turn on the air conditioner.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 605
- Word Frequency Rank
- 731 of 84,292