比 bǐ to compare / (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / ratio / to gesture / (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) syn 热量 熱量 rè liàng heat / quantity of heat / calorific value syn 加热 加熱 jiā rè to heat syn 发热 發熱 fā rè to have a high temperature / feverish / unable to think calmly / to emit heat syn 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 热浪 熱浪 rè làng heat wave syn 孪生 孿生 luán shēng (adj.) twin 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 发情 發情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 火候 huǒ hòu heat control / maturity / crucial moment syn 热气 熱氣 rè qì steam / heat / CL:股[gu3] syn 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) 热力 熱力 rè lì heat syn 热能 熱能 rè néng heat energy syn 热源 熱源 rè yuán heat source 传导 傳導 chuán dǎo to conduct (heat, electricity etc) syn 动情 動情 dòng qíng to get excited / passionate / aroused to passion / to fall in love / on heat (of animals) syn 中暑 zhòng shǔ to suffer heat exhaustion / sunstroke / heatstroke syn 吸热 吸熱 xī rè heat absorption 酷热 酷熱 kù rè torrid heat syn 散热 散熱 sàn rè to dissipate heat 保温 保溫 bǎo wēn to keep hot / heat preservation 上火 shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) syn 导体 導體 dǎo tǐ conductor (of electricity or heat) 地热 地熱 dì rè geothermal heat 虚脱 虛脫 xū tuō to collapse (from dehydration or loss of blood) / heat exhaustion syn 去火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM) 酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat / extremely hot weather syn 耐热 耐熱 nài rè heat resistant / fireproof 痱子 fèi zi miliaria (type of skin disease) / prickly heat / sweat rash 硫化 liú huà vulcanization (curing rubber using sulfur and heat) 余热 餘熱 yú rè residual heat / surplus heat / waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work 守恒 守恆 shǒu héng conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics) / to remain constant (of a number) 发春 發春 fā chun in heat 抗震 kàng zhèn anti-seismic measures / seismic defenses / earthquake resistant 加温 加溫 jiā wēn to heat / to add warmth / to raise temperature / fig. to stimulate syn 热流 熱流 rè liú heat flow / heat flux syn 耐磨 nài mó wear resistant 阻燃 zǔ rán fire resistant 抗病 kàng bìng disease resistant 消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday / to beat the summer heat 绝缘体 絕緣體 jué yuán tǐ electrical insulation / heat insulation syn 传热 傳熱 chuán rè to transmit heat 共产 共產 gòng chǎn (adj.) communist / communism / to collectivize ownership of property 火辣 huǒ là painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy 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 耐高温 耐高溫 nài gāo wēn heat-resistant 抗旱 kàng hàn drought-resistant / to weather a drought 防滑 fáng huá antiskid / slip resistant 散热片 散熱片 sàn rè piàn heat sink 按比例 àn bǐ lì to scale (adj.) 热敏 熱敏 rè mǐn heat-sensitive / thermal (printing) 换热器 換熱器 huàn rè qì heat exchanger 耐火 nài huǒ refractory (material) / fire-resistant 耐寒 nài hán coldproof / resistant to cold 热泵 熱泵 rè bèng heat pump 抗压 抗壓 kàng yā to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant 耐酸 nài suān acid-resistant 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 chūn in heat 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 叫春 jiào chūn to caterwaul / to call like an animal in heat 耐碱 耐鹼 nài jiǎn alkali-resistant 耐受性 nài shòu xìng tolerance (to heat, acid etc) / resistance 暑气 暑氣 shǔ qì (summer) heat syn 热传导 熱傳導 rè chuán dǎo heat transfer / thermal conduction 非处方 非處方 fēi chǔ fāng over-the-counter (adj.) 蓄热 蓄熱 xù rè heat storage 热缩管 熱縮管 rè suō guǎn heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires) 热机 熱機 rè jī heat engine syn 导热性 導熱性 dǎo rè xìng heat conduction 够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) / (coll.) (before adj.) really / (coll.) to reach by stretching out syn 火 huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn 热 熱 rè to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent 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 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 暑 shǔ heat / hot weather / summer heat syn 白热 白熱 bái rè white heat / incandescence syn 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 比热 比熱 bǐ rè specific heat 潜热 潛熱 qián rè latent heat syn 痱 fèi prickly heat 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 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 热风枪 熱風槍 rè fēng qiāng heat gun 热导管 熱導管 rè dǎo guǎn heat pipe 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 败毒 敗毒 bài dú (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify 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 