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热情

rè qíng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 熱情

热情 (rè qíng) means "enthusiastic; warm". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 热情 means

1. cordial
2. enthusiastic
3. passion
4. passionate
5. passionately

The characters in 热情

• 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition

Example sentences

• 你真是太热情了。
  You're really too kind.
• 您真是太热情了。
  You're really too kind.
• 热情具有传染性。
  Enthusiasm is contagious.
• 你们真是太热情了。
  You're really too kind.
• 他们受到了热情的欢迎。
  Tāmen shòudào le rèqíng de huānyíng.
  They were given a hearty welcome.
• 小孩常常对科学很有热情。
  Xiǎohái chángcháng duì kēxué hěn yǒu rèqíng.
  Young children are often fascinated by science.

Words starting with 热情

• 热情洋溢rè qíng yáng yìbrimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
• 热情果rè qíng guǒsweet granadilla (Passiflora ligularis)
• 热情款待rè qíng kuǎn dàito provide warm hospitality

Where 热情 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Emotions & Attitudes (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rè qíng correctly.
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