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高温

gāo wēn

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 高溫

高温 (gāo wēn) means "high temperature". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 高温 means

1. high temperature

The characters in 高温

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 温wēnwarm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature

Example sentences

• 我妈讨厌夏天的高温。
  Wǒ mā tǎoyàn xiàtiān de gāowēn.
  My mother hates the summer heat.
• 在高温下反应会更快发生。
  Reactions become faster at high temperatures.
• 上海夏天的最高温度要到三十八九度，真快热死了！
  Shanghai summers can reach temperatures of up to 38-9 degrees. That is extremely hot!
• 在2015年七月，伊拉克首都巴格达出现摄氏51.1度的高温。
  Zài 2015 nián Qīyuè, Yīlākè shǒudū Bāgédá chūxiàn Shèshì 51.1 dù de gāowēn.
  In July of 2015, the highest temperature in the capital city of Iraq, Baghdad, was 51.1 degrees Celsius.
• 2015 年 7 月，伊拉克首都巴格达出现摄氏 51.1 度的高温。
  In July of 2015, the highest temperature in the capital city of Iraq, Baghdad, was 51.1 degrees Celsius.

Words containing 高温

• 耐高温nài gāo wēnheat-resistant

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