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热

rè

HSK 1 Character Traditional 熱

What 热 means

1. to warm up
2. to heat up
3. hot (of weather)
4. heat
5. fervent

Example sentences

• 很热。
  It's hot.
• 太热了。
  It's too hot.
• 天很热。
  It's hot.
• 热死了！
  Damn, it's hot!
• 热身去。
  Go warm up.
• 今天很热。
  It is very hot today.

Words starting with 热

• 热情rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic; passion
• 热闹rè naobustling with noise and excitement; lively
• 热爱rè àito love ardently; to adore
• 热烈rè lièenthusiastic; ardent; warm
• 热心rè xīnenthusiastic; ardent; zealous
• 热门rè ménpopular; hot; in vogue
• 热泪盈眶rè lèi yíng kuàngeyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved
• 热线rè xiànhotline (communications link)
• 热点rè diǎnhot spot; point of special interest
• 热水rè shuǐhot water
• 热衷rè zhōngto feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession
• 热血rè xuèhot blood; warm-blooded (animal); endothermic (physiology)
• 热带rè dàithe tropics; tropical
• 热气rè qìsteam; heat
• 热量rè liàngheat; quantity of heat; calorific value
• 热潮rè cháowave of enthusiasm; craze; upsurge
• 热切rè qièfervent
• 热泪rè lèihot tears
• 热恋rè liànto fall head over heels in love; to be passionately in love
• 热忱rè chénzeal; enthusiasm; ardor
• 热销rè xiāoto sell well; hot-selling
• 热气腾腾rè qì téng téngpiping hot
• 热火朝天rè huǒ cháo tiānin full swing (idiom); (in a) frenzy; buzzing with activity
• 热血沸腾rè xuè fèi téng(idiom) to be fired up; to have one's blood racing…

Words containing 热

• 亲热qīn rèaffectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for…
• 炎热yán rèblistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
• 狂热kuáng rèzealotry; fanatical; feverish
• 火热huǒ rèfiery; burning; fervent
• 发热fā rèto have a high temperature; feverish; unable to think calmly
• 看热闹kàn rè naoto enjoy watching a bustling scene; to go where the crowds are
• 闷热mēn rèsultry; sultriness; hot and stuffy
• 供热gōng rèheating (for a building); to supply heating
• 加热jiā rèto heat
• 凑热闹còu rè naoto join in the fun; to get in on the action; (fig.) to butt in
• 温热wēn rètepid; to warm up (food etc)
• 炽热chì rèred-hot; glowing; blazing
• 灼热zhuó rèburning hot; scorching
• 散热sàn rèto dissipate heat
• 地热dì règeothermal heat
• 酷热kù rètorrid heat
• 燥热zào rèuncomfortably hot and dry; stiflingly hot; (of the body) flushed and feverishly warm…
• 亚热带yà rè dàisubtropical (zone or climate)
• 炙手可热zhì shǒu kě rèlit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom); fig. arrogance of the powerful…
• 水深火热shuǐ shēn huǒ rèdeep water and scorching fire; abyss of suffering (idiom)
• 预热yù rèto preheat; (fig.) to warm up; to prepare for
• 冷嘲热讽lěng cháo rè fěngfrigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
• 清热qīng rèto alleviate fever (medicine); to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine)
• 大热天dà rè tiānscorcher; very hot day

Characters that look like 热

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

• 绝juéto cut short; extinct; to disappear
• 捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture
• 悉xīin all cases; know
• 绵miánsilk floss; continuous; soft
• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate
• 殉xùnto be buried with the dead; to die for a cause

Sounds the same

Read rè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 爇heat; to burn