老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 手 shǒu hand / (formal) to hold / person engaged in certain types of work / person skilled in certain types of work / personal(ly) / convenient / classifier for skill / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] 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) 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 躲开 躲開 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) syn 每人 měi rén each person / everybody / per person 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 小人 xiǎo rén person of low social status (old) / I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself) / nasty person / vile character syn 恶人 惡人 è rén evil person / vile creature / villain / (archaic) ugly person syn 人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) 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 硕士 碩士 shuò shì master's degree / person who has a master's degree / learned person 高个子 高個子 gāo gè zi tall person / (of a person) tall syn 废人 廢人 fèi rén handicapped person / useless person syn 炎热 炎熱 yán rè blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) syn 闲人 閒人 xián rén idle person / idler / person who has no legitimate reason to be in a certain place syn 心平气和 心平氣和 xīn píng qì hé tranquil and even-tempered (idiom) / calmly and without stress syn 辗转 輾轉 zhǎn zhuǎn to toss about in bed / from person to person / indirectly / to wander 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 人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar) / called / known as 可人 kě rén pleasant / agreeable / a person after one's heart (charming person) / a gifted person 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) 奇人 qí rén an eccentric / odd person / person of extraordinary talent syn 炽热 熾熱 chì rè red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate syn 灼热 灼熱 zhuó rè burning hot / scorching syn 急性子 jí xìng zi impetuous person / excitable person syn 光棍 guāng gùn gangster / hoodlum / bachelor / single man / (dialect) wise person / astute person 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 蛔虫 蛔蟲 huí chóng roundworm / ascarid / (esp.) Ascaris lumbricoides, a human parasite / (fig.) person who knows what another person is thinking / a mind reader 热饮 熱飲 rè yǐn hot drink 德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng a person of virtue and prestige / a person of good moral standing and reputation syn 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 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 仁义 仁義 rén yi affable and even-tempered syn 和顺 和順 hé shùn sweet-tempered / acquiescent syn 多面手 duō miàn shǒu multitalented person / versatile person / all-rounder syn 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 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 有心人 yǒu xīn rén resolute person / person with aspirations / people who feel / people who use their heads syn 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) 温婉 溫婉 wēn wǎn sweet-tempered / gentle syn 名士 míng shì (old) a person of literary talent / a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post) syn 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 明眼人 míng yǎn rén perspicacious person / sb with a discerning eye / sighted person (as opposed to blind) 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 那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person / fig. the person you have been looking for / Mr Right / the girl of one's dreams 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 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 达人 達人 dá rén (coll.) expert / connoisseur / guru / enthusiast / geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person / person who understands life / (literary) optimist 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 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 传奇人物 傳奇人物 chuán qí rén wù legendary person / legend (i.e. person) 热帖 熱帖 rè tiě hot thread (in an Internet forum) 热插拔 熱插拔 rè chā bá hot swapping 水煮鱼 水煮魚 shuǐ zhǔ yú Sichuan poached sliced fish in hot chili oil 