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温

wēn

HSK 4 Character Traditional 溫

What 温 means

1. warm; lukewarm
2. to warm up
3. bound formtemperature
4. bound formmild; soft; tender
5. to review (a lesson etc)
6. (TCM) fever
7. epidemic; pestilence (old variant of {瘟|wēn})

Other readings

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

• Wēnsurname Wen

Example sentences

• 她很温柔。
  She has a tender heart.
• 她温柔地唱了。
  She sang softly.
• 我会给你温暖。
  I will keep you warm.
• 这里是温暖的。
  It's warm in here.
• 正的声音很温柔。
  Zhèng de shēngyīn hěn wēnróu.
  Tadashi has a soft voice.
• 日本有很多温泉。
  Rìběn yǒu hěn duō wēnquán.
  There are a lot of hot springs in Japan.

Words starting with 温

• 温度wēn dùtemperature
• 温暖wēn nuǎnwarm
• 温柔wēn róugentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
• 温和wēn hémild; gentle; moderate
• 温带wēn dàitemperate zone
• 温馨wēn xīncomfort; soft and fragrant; warm
• 温泉wēn quánhot spring
• 温家宝Wēn Jiā bǎoWen Jiabao (1942-), Premier of PRC from 2003-2013
• 温情wēn qíngtenderness; warmth; warmhearted
• 温哥华Wēn gē huáVancouver (city in Canada)
• 温饱wēn bǎoto have enough food and warm clothes; adequately provided
• 温顺wēn shùndocile; meek
• 温热wēn rètepid; to warm up (food etc)
• 温存wēn cúntender; affectionate; tenderness
• 温室wēn shìgreenhouse
• 温习wēn xíto review (a lesson etc)
• 温文尔雅wēn wén ěr yǎcultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
• 温差wēn chādifference in temperature
• 温婉wēn wǎnsweet-tempered; gentle
• 温润wēn rùngentle; kindly; mild and humid (climate)
• 温文wēn wéngenteel
• 温度计wēn dù jìthermometer; thermograph
• 温床wēn chuánghotbed; breeding ground; fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition
• 温州市Wēn zhōu ShìWenzhou, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省

Words containing 温

• 气温qì wēnair temperature
• 体温tǐ wēn(body) temperature
• 高温gāo wēnhigh temperature
• 降温jiàng wēnto become cooler; to lower the temperature; cooling
• 重温chóng wēnto learn sth over again; to review; to brush up
• 升温shēng wēnto become hot; temperature rise; (fig.) to intensify
• 保温bǎo wēnto keep hot; heat preservation
• 水温shuǐ wēnwater temperature
• 低温dī wēnlow temperature
• 加温jiā wēnto heat; to add warmth; to raise temperature
• 刘伯温Liú Bó wēnLiu Bowen (1311–1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋
• 室温shì wēnroom temperature
• 恒温héng wēnconstant temperature
• 土温tǔ wēntemperature of the soil
• 失温shī wēnto suffer hypothermia
• 常温cháng wēnroom temperature; ordinary temperatures
• 测温cè wēnto measure temperature
• 等温děng wēnof equal temperature; isothermic
• 表温biǎo wēnsurface temperature
• 适温shì wēnthermophile (e.g. bacteria); heat-loving
• 北温带běi wēn dàithe north temperate zone
• 同温层tóng wēn céng(meteorology) stratosphere
• 埃里温Āi lǐ wēnYerevan, capital of Armenia 亚美尼亚
• 增温层zēng wēn céng(meteorology) thermosphere

Characters that look like 温

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

• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 湿shīmoist; wet
• 猛měngferocious; fierce; violent
• 渥wòto enrich; to moisten
• 缟gǎoplain white silk
• 愠yùnindignant; feel hurt

Sounds the same

Read wēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瘟epidemic; pestilence; plague; (fig.) stupid; dull; (of a performance) lackluster
• 塭used in 鱼塭; used in place names
• 榅used in 榅桲
• 豱short-headed pig
• 辒hearse
• 鳁sardine
• 鰛variant of 鳁, sardine
• 輼variant of 辒, hearse