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热腾腾

rè téng téng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 熱騰騰

热腾腾 (rè téng téng) means "steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 热腾腾 means

1. steaming hot
2. (fig.) bustling
3. hectic
4. (fig.) excited
5. stirred up
6. (fig.) created only a short time before
7. freshly minted
8. hot off the press
9. colloquialalso pr. rè tēng tēng

The characters in 热腾腾

• 热rèto warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather)
• 腾téng(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…
• 腾téng(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…

Example sentences

• 我想要杯热腾腾的茶。
  I'd like a steaming hot cup of tea.

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