热敏 熱敏 rè mǐn heat-sensitive / thermal (printing) 发春 發春 fā chūn in heat 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 叫春 jiào chūn to caterwaul / to call like an animal in heat 热缩管 熱縮管 rè suō guǎn heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires) 火 huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn 热风枪 熱風槍 rè fēng qiāng heat gun 败毒 敗毒 bài dú (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify 烘 hōng to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast syn 散热 散熱 sàn rè to dissipate heat 发热 發熱 fā rè to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat syn 火辣 huǒ là painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy 保温 保溫 bǎo wēn to keep hot / heat preservation 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 火气 火氣 huǒ qì anger / internal heat (TCM) syn 热度 熱度 rè dù level of heat / (fig.) zeal / fervor / (coll.) a temperature (i.e. abnormally high body heat) syn 清热 清熱 qīng rè to alleviate fever (medicine) / to clear internal heat (Chinese medicine) 催情 cuī qíng to promote estrus / to bring an animal to heat by artificial means 热能 熱能 rè néng heat energy syn 耐高温 耐高溫 nài gāo wēn heat-resistant 传导 傳導 chuán dǎo to conduct (heat, electricity etc) syn 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) syn 火候 huǒ hòu heat control / maturity / crucial moment syn 热浪 熱浪 rè làng heat wave syn 酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat / extremely hot weather syn 散热片 散熱片 sàn rè piàn heat sink 虚脱 虛脫 xū tuō to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood) / heat exhaustion syn 地热 地熱 dì rè geothermal heat 炙手可热 炙手可熱 zhì shǒu kě rè lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor) 发情 發情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 中暑 zhòng shǔ to suffer heat exhaustion / sunstroke / heatstroke syn 耐热 耐熱 nài rè heat resistant / fireproof 热流 熱流 rè liú heat flow / heat flux syn 酷热 酷熱 kù rè torrid heat syn 换热器 換熱器 huàn rè qì heat exchanger 灼伤 灼傷 zhuó shāng a burn (tissue damage from heat, chemicals etc) / to burn (the skin etc) / (fig.) (of anger, jealousy etc) to hurt (sb) syn 硫化 liú huà vulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat) 导体 導體 dǎo tǐ conductor (of electricity or heat) 余热 餘熱 yú rè residual heat / surplus heat / waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work 消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat 热源 熱源 rè yuán heat source 传热 傳熱 chuán rè to transmit heat 热泵 熱泵 rè bèng heat pump 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 高热量 高熱量 gāo rè liàng high calorie (foodstuff) / high heat content 小太阳 小太陽 xiǎo tài yáng parabolic heater / heat dish 降火 jiàng huǒ to decrease internal heat (Chinese medicine) 热交换器 rè jiāo huàn qì heat exchanger 发春 發春 fā chun in heat 绝缘体 絕緣體 jué yuán tǐ electrical insulation / heat insulation syn 痱子 fèi zi miliaria (type of skin disease) / prickly heat / sweat rash 吸热 吸熱 xī rè heat absorption 耐受性 nài shòu xìng tolerance (to heat, acid etc) / resistance 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 热传导 熱傳導 rè chuán dǎo heat transfer / thermal conduction 蓄热 蓄熱 xù rè heat storage 热机 熱機 rè jī heat engine syn 导热性 導熱性 dǎo rè xìng heat conduction 白炽 白熾 bái chì white heat / incandescence syn 大暑 dà shǔ Dashu or Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd July-6th August syn 比热 比熱 bǐ rè specific heat 小暑 xiǎo shǔ Xiaoshu or Lesser Heat, 11th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-22nd July 热导管 熱導管 rè dǎo guǎn heat pipe 白热 白熱 bái rè white heat / incandescence syn 传热学 傳熱學 zhuàn rè xué theory of heat / heat transmission (physics) 败火 敗火 bài huǒ relieve inflammation or internal heat 处暑 處暑 chǔ shǔ Chushu or End of Heat, 14th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd August-7th September 热应力 熱應力 heat stress 潜热 潛熱 qián rè latent heat syn 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 痱 fèi prickly heat 急火 jí huǒ brisk heat (cooking) / (TCM) internal heat generated by anxiety 动情期 動情期 dòng qíng qī estrus / the rutting season / on heat 疿 fèi prickly heat 釬 hàn to solder / weld by heat 核热 核熱 hé rè nuclear heat 煖 nuǎn variant of 暖 / warm / to heat / genial 热痉挛 熱痙攣 rè jìng luán heat cramps 衰变热 衰變熱 shuāi biàn rè decay heat 伴热 伴熱 bàn rè electric heat tracing / steam tracing (for maintaining the temperature of pipes etc) 六淫 liù yín (TCM) six excesses causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3] 六邪 liù xié (TCM) six unhealthy influences causing illness, namely: excessive wind 風|风[feng1], cold 寒[han2], heat 暑[shu3], damp 濕|湿[shi1], dryness 燥[zao4], fire 火[huo3] 冒暑 mào shǔ heat stroke (TCM) 