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jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
滚开 滾開 gǔn kāi to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude) syn
热狗 熱狗 rè gǒu hot dog (loanword)
躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn
辣椒 là jiāo hot pepper / chili syn
热水 熱水 rè shuǐ hot water syn
热门 熱門 rè mén popular / hot / in vogue syn
怒火 nù huǒ rage / fury / hot anger syn
温泉 溫泉 wēn quán hot spring / spa / onsen syn
鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed / impulsive / reckless syn
热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn
泡汤 泡湯 pào tāng (coll.) to fizzle out / to come to nothing / to dawdle / to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath syn
火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake syn
炎热 炎熱 yán rè blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) syn
白热化 白熱化 bái rè huà to turn white-hot / to intensify / to reach a climax syn
热点 熱點 rè diǎn hot spot / point of special interest syn
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
滚烫 滾燙 gǔn tàng boiling hot syn
热气球 熱氣球 rè qì qiú hot air balloon
升温 升溫 shēng wēn to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost
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)
炽热 熾熱 chì rè red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate syn
灼热 灼熱 zhuó rè burning hot / scorching syn
热茶 熱茶 rè chá hot tea
热乎 熱乎 rè hu warm / hot / affectionate / ardent syn
铁板 鐵板 tiě bǎn iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
闷热 悶熱 mēn rè sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot syn
热乎乎 熱乎乎 rè hū hū warm / (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings syn
辛辣 xīn là spicy hot (taste) / fig. biting (criticism) syn
趁热打铁 趁熱打鐵 chèn rè dǎ tiě to strike while the iron is hot syn
保温 保溫 bǎo wēn to keep hot / heat preservation
热饮 熱飲 rè yǐn hot drink
出尔反尔 出爾反爾 chū ěr fǎn ěr old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius) / modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent syn
近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) syn
早产儿 zǎo chǎn r pre-term baby / premature baby syn
热风 熱風 rè fēng hot wind / hot air syn
麻辣 má là hot and numbing syn
热销 熱銷 rè xiāo to sell well / hot-selling
红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
酸甜苦辣 suān tián kǔ là sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot / fig. the joys and sorrows of life syn
电炉 電爐 diàn lú electric stove / hot plate
风口 風口 fēng kǒu air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
艳阳天 艷陽天 yàn yáng tiān bright sunny day / blazing hot day
金陵 jīn líng pre-Han name for Nanjing / common place name
酷暑 kù shǔ intense heat / extremely hot weather syn
势如破竹 勢如破竹 shì rú pò zhú like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force syn
热水瓶 熱水瓶 rè shuǐ píng thermos bottle / vacuum bottle / hot water dispenser (appliance) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn
热泪 熱淚 rè lèi hot tears
奋起直追 奮起直追 fèn qǐ zhí zhuī to catch up vigorously / to set off in hot pursuit syn
热土 熱土 rè tǔ homeland / hot piece of real estate syn
抢手货 搶手貨 qiǎng shǒu huò a best-seller / a hot property
司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima
幼儿教育 幼兒教育 pre-primary education
热水袋 熱水袋 rè shuǐ dài hot-water bottle
热处理 熱處理 rè chǔ lǐ hot treatment (e.g. of metal)
法学家 法學家 fǎ xué jiā jurist / member of the pre-Han legalist school
热敷 熱敷 rè fū to apply a hot compress
火烧云 火燒雲 huǒ shāo yún nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash syn
麻辣烫 麻辣燙 má là tàng hot spicy soup (often sold at street stalls)
炎夏 yán xià hot summer / scorching summer syn
酸辣汤 酸辣湯 suān là tāng hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup
秋老虎 qiū lǎo hǔ hot spell during autumn / Indian summer
火辣 huǒ là painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
辣妹 là mèi hot chick / sexy girl / abbr. LM
过热 過熱 guò rè too hot / (fig.) (economics) overheated / (physics) to superheat
前置 qián zhì to place before / frontal / leading / pre- syn
游资 遊資 yóu zī floating capital / idle fund / hot money
发烫 發燙 fā tàng burning hot
炙热 炙熱 zhì rè extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm)
热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
猛料 měng liào hot news item / awesome
先秦 xiān qín pre-Qin, Chinese history up to the foundation of the Qin imperial dynasty in 221 BC
五味 wǔ wèi the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
乘势 乘勢 chéng shì to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot syn
热帖 熱帖 rè tiě hot thread (in an Internet forum)
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
热插拔 熱插拔 rè chā bá hot swapping
六家 liù jiā Six schools of pre-Han philosophy, as analyzed by 司馬談|司马谈[Si1 ma3 Tan2] (儒家[Ru2 jia1], 道家[Dao4 jia1], 陰陽|阴阳[yin1 yang2], 法家[Fa3 jia1], 名家[Ming2 jia1], and 墨家[Mo4 jia1])
水煮鱼 水煮魚 shuǐ zhǔ yú Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil
隔离霜 隔離霜 gé lí shuāng pre-makeup cream / makeup base / foundation primer
泡温泉 泡溫泉 pào wēn quán to soak in a spa or hot spring
红辣椒 紅辣椒 hóng là jiāo hot red pepper / chili
榨菜 zhà cài hot pickled mustard tuber
热熔胶 熱熔膠 rè róng jiāo hot-melt adhesive / hot glue
热水澡 熱水澡 rè shuǐ zǎo hot bath or shower
婚前性行为 婚前性行為 hūn qián xìng xíng wèi pre-marital sex
热裤 熱褲 rè kù hot pants
涮羊肉 shuàn yáng ròu Mongolian hot pot / instant-boiled mutton (dish)
暑热 暑熱 shǔ rè hot (summer) weather syn
热干面 熱乾面 rè gān miàn noodles served hot, with toppings including sesame paste and soy sauce – popular in Wuhan as a breakfast dish or late-night snack
三伏 sān fú the three annual periods of hot weather, namely 初伏[chu1 fu2], 中伏[zhong1 fu2] and 末伏[mo4 fu2], which run consecutively over a period from mid-July to late August syn
中伏 zhōng fú the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏[san1 fu2]), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year syn
热食 熱食 rè shí hot food
huǒ fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 syn
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent syn
hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn syn
tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn
tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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