性 xìng nature / character / property / quality / attribute / sexuality / sex / gender / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity / essence / 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 财产 財產 cái chǎn property / assets / estate / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 热狗 熱狗 rè gǒu hot dog (loanword) 业 業 yè line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already syn 特征 特徵 tè zhēng characteristic / diagnostic property / distinctive feature / trait syn 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 房产 房產 fáng chǎn real estate / the property market (e.g. houses) 资产 資產 zī chǎn property / assets syn 剥夺 剝奪 bō duó to deprive / to expropriate / to strip (sb of his property) 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 产业 產業 chǎn yè industry / estate / property / industrial syn 温泉 溫泉 wēn quán hot spring / spa / onsen syn 地产 地產 dì chǎn real estate / landed estate / landed property 鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed / impulsive / reckless syn 扣押 kòu yā to detain / to hold in custody / to distrain / to seize property syn 失窃 失竊 shī qiè to lose by theft / to have one's property stolen 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 窃取 竊取 qiè qǔ to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc) 所有权 所有權 suǒ yǒu quán ownership / possession / property rights / title (to property) 特性 tè xìng property / characteristic syn 俘获 俘獲 fú huò to capture (enemy property or personnel) / capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus) syn 财物 財物 cái wù property / belongings syn 认领 認領 rèn lǐng to claim (as one's property) / to adopt (a child) / to accept (an illegitimate child as one's own) syn 畅销书 暢銷書 chàng xiāo shū best-seller / best-selling book / blockbuster 赃物 贓物 zāng wù booty / stolen property syn 家当 家當 jiā dàng familial property / belongings syn 库存 庫存 kù cún property or cash held in reserve / stock / inventory syn 不动产 不動產 bù dòng chǎn real estate / immovable property / immovables syn 炎热 炎熱 yán rè blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) syn 产权 產權 chǎn quán property right 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 家产 家產 jiā chǎn family property 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) 物业 物業 wù yè property / real estate / abbr. for 物業管理|物业管理[wu4 ye4 guan3 li3], property management 招领 招領 zhāo lǐng to advertise for the owner of lost property 按揭 àn jiē a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese) / to buy property on a mortgage 炽热 熾熱 chì rè red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate syn 收缴 收繳 shōu jiǎo to recover (illegally obtained property) / to seize / to capture / to force sb to hand over sth / to levy syn 灼热 灼熱 zhuó rè burning hot / scorching syn 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 变卖 變賣 biàn mài to sell off (one's property) syn 公物 gōng wù public property syn 热茶 熱茶 rè chá hot tea 抵押品 dǐ yā pǐn security (property held against a loan) / mortgaged property syn 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 死守 sǐ shǒu to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard syn 家业 家業 jiā yè family property syn 属性 屬性 shǔ xìng attribute / property syn 热乎乎 熱乎乎 rè hū hū warm / (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings syn 空头 空頭 kōng tóu phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling) 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 扑救 撲救 pū jiù firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer) syn 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 旧物 舊物 jiù wù old property (esp. inherited from former generation) / former territory syn 街市 jiē shì downtown area / commercial district / (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc 售价 售價 shòu jià selling price 热风 熱風 rè fēng hot wind / hot air syn 楼盘 樓盤 lóu pán building under construction / commercial property / real estate (for sale or rent) 出让 出讓 chū ràng to transfer (one's property or rights to sb else) 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 钉子户 釘子戶 dīng zi hù householder who refuses to vacate his home despite pressure from property developers 财产权 財產權 cái chǎn quán property rights syn 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 家底 jiā dǐ family property / patrimony syn 奋起直追 奮起直追 fèn qǐ zhí zhuī to catch up vigorously / to set off in hot pursuit syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth 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 卖价 賣價 mài jià selling price 热水袋 熱水袋 rè shuǐ dài hot-water bottle 谋财害命 謀財害命 móu cái hài mìng to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom) / to murder for money 杀人越货 殺人越貨 shā rén yuè huò to kill sb for his property (idiom) / to murder for money syn 热处理 熱處理 rè chǔ lǐ hot treatment (e.g. of metal) 