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暖

nuǎn

HSK 4 Character

What 暖 means

1. warm
2. to warm

Other readings

暖 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• nuǎnold variant of {暖|nuǎn}
• nuǎnvariant of {暖|nuǎn}
• nuǎnvariant of {暖|nuǎn}, warm

Example sentences

• 天气暖和。
  It was a warm day.
• 暖气坏了。
  The heater is broken.
• 这个能保暖。
  Zhège néng bǎonuǎn.
  This will keep you warm.
• 天日渐回暖。
  Tiān rìjiàn huínuǎn.
  It's getting warmer day by day.
• 空气暖暖的。
  The air was warm.
• 每天都在变暖。
  Měitiān dōu zài biànnuǎn.
  It's getting warmer every day.

Words starting with 暖

• 暖和nuǎn huowarm; nice and warm
• 暖气nuǎn qìcentral heating; heater; warm air
• 暖意nuǎn yìwarmth
• 暖洋洋nuǎn yáng yángwarm and cozy; comfortably warm
• 暖流nuǎn liúwarm current; (fig.) warm feeling
• 暖瓶nuǎn píngthermos
• 暖气片nuǎn qì piànradiator (for heating)
• 暖冬nuǎn dōngwarm winter; mild winter
• 暖融融nuǎn róng róngcomfortably warm; cozy
• 暖壶nuǎn húvacuum flask; thermos flask
• 暖烘烘nuǎn hōng hōngnice and warm; cozy; heartwarming
• 暖化nuǎn huàwarming
• 暖心nuǎn xīn(colloquial) heartwarming; touching; comforting and emotionally uplifting
• 暖房nuǎn fángheating; central heating; greenhouse
• 暖暖Nuǎn nuǎnNuannuan District of Keelung City 基隆市
• 暖炉nuǎn lúspace heater; radiator
• 暖男nuǎn nána man who is family-oriented, considerate and protective
• 暖色nuǎn sèwarm color (esp. red, orange, and yellow)
• 暖调nuǎn diàowarm tone; warm color
• 暖阁nuǎn géwarm room; warm partition of a room
• 暖风nuǎn fēngwarm breeze
• 暖宝宝nuǎn bǎo bǎohand warmer
• 暖暖包nuǎn nuǎn bāo(Taiwan) disposable hand warmer
• 暖暖区Nuǎn nuǎn QūNuannuan District of Keelung City 基隆市

Words containing 暖

• 温暖wēn nuǎnwarm
• 取暖qǔ nuǎnto warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc)
• 保暖bǎo nuǎnto keep warm
• 供暖gōng nuǎnto supply heating (in a building); heating
• 冷暖lěng nuǎnlit. daily changes of temperature; fig. well-being; sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc
• 春暖花开chūn nuǎn huā kāi(lit.) springtime when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom (idiom)…
• 采暖cǎi nuǎnheating
• 嘘寒问暖xū hán wèn nuǎnto enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom); to pamper
• 和暖hé nuǎnpleasantly warm (weather)
• 回暖huí nuǎn(of the weather) to warm up again
• 地暖dì nuǎnunderfloor heating; radiant floor heating
• 汽暖qì nuǎngas heating
• 变暖biàn nuǎnto become warm
• 冷暖房lěng nuǎn fángcooling and heating; air conditioning and central heating
• 水暖工shuǐ nuǎn gōngplumber; heating engineer
• 世界变暖shì jiè biàn nuǎnglobal warming
• 保暖内衣bǎo nuǎn nèi yīthermal underwear
• 全球暖化quán qiú nuǎn huàglobal warming (Taiwan and Hong Kong usage); written 全球变暖 in PRC
• 全球变暖quán qiú biàn nuǎnglobal warming (PRC usage); written 全球暖化 in Taiwan
• 大气暖化dà qì nuǎn huàatmospheric warming
• 气候暖化qì hòu nuǎn huàclimate warming
• 风和日暖fēng hé rì nuǎngentle wind and warm sunshine (idiom)
• 全球气候变暖quán qiú qì hòu biàn nuǎnglobal warming
• 乍暖还寒zhà nuǎn huán hán(idiom) (of early spring weather) alternating between warm and cold

Characters built on 爰

These share the phonetic component 爰 (yuán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid
• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 瑗yuànlarge jade ring
• 锾huánancient unit of weight; money

Characters that look like 暖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 缓huǎnslow; unhurried; sluggish
• 镀dùto plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 猩xīngape
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 暧ài(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine
• 惺xīng(literary) to come to one's senses; to awaken; (literary) astute; sharp-witted

Sounds the same

Read nuǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 餪send a present of a feast