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 热 熱 rè to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent syn 败毒 敗毒 bài dú (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 烘 hōng to bake / to heat by fire / to set off by contrast syn 深情 shēn qíng deep emotion / deep feeling / deep love / affectionate / loving syn 加热 加熱 jiā rè to heat syn 散热 散熱 sàn rè to dissipate heat 热量 熱量 rè liàng heat / quantity of heat / calorific value syn 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 热力 熱力 rè lì heat syn 热气 熱氣 rè qì steam / heat / CL:股[gu3] syn 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) 恩爱 恩愛 ēn ài loving affection (in a couple) / conjugal love syn 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 爱乐 愛樂 ài yuè music-loving / philharmonic 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 加温 加溫 jiā wēn to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate 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 脉脉 脈脈 mò mò affectionate / loving syn 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 贤妻良母 賢妻良母 xián qī liáng mǔ a good wife and loving mother 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 见异思迁 見異思遷 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom) / loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has syn 发春 發春 fā chun in heat 绝缘体 絕緣體 jué yuán tǐ electrical insulation / heat insulation syn 恋家 戀家 liàn jiā home-loving / to feel a strong attachment to home life / to begrudge being away from home syn 顾惜 顧惜 gù xī to take loving care of / to value syn 痱子 fèi zi miliaria (type of skin disease) / prickly heat / sweat rash 情同手足 qíng tóng shǒu zú as close as one's hands and feet (idiom) / loving one another as brothers / deep friendship / closely attached to one another syn 吸热 吸熱 xī rè heat absorption 耐受性 nài shòu xìng tolerance (to heat, acid etc) / resistance 暑气 暑氣 shǔ qì (summer) heat syn 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 抚爱 撫愛 fǔ ài to love tenderly / affection / loving care / to caress 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 烧 燒 shāo to burn / to cook / to stew / to bake / to roast / to heat / to boil (tea, water etc) / fever / to run a temperature / (coll.) to let things go to one's head syn 暑 shǔ heat / hot weather / summer heat syn 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 痱 fèi prickly heat 欢喜冤家 歡喜冤家 huān xǐ yuān jia quarrelsome but loving couple 急火 jí huǒ brisk heat (cooking) / (TCM) internal heat generated by anxiety 爱昵 愛昵 ài nì intimate / loving 慈颜 慈顏 cí yán one's mother's loving face 深情款款 shēn qíng kuǎn kuǎn loving / caring / adoring 眄睐 眄睞 miàn lài to cast loving glances