一下 yī xià (after a verb) a bit / a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) / all at once / suddenly syn 声 聲 shēng sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds syn 调 調 diào to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody syn 温暖 溫暖 wēn nuǎn warm syn 热烈 熱烈 rè liè enthusiastic / ardent / warm syn 语气 語氣 yǔ qì tone / manner of speaking / mood / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 暖和 nuǎn huo warm / nice and warm syn 温馨 溫馨 wēn xīn comfort / soft and fragrant / warm syn 热身 熱身 rè shēn to warm up (sports) / (fig.) to prepare / to get in condition 口气 口氣 kǒu qì tone of voice / the way one speaks / manner of expression / tone syn 调头 調頭 diào tou tone (of voice) / tune syn 暖气 暖氣 nuǎn qì central heating / heater / warm air syn 热血 熱血 rè xuè hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology) syn 流露 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc syn 音调 音調 yīn diào pitch of voice (high or low) / pitch (of a musical note) / tone syn 晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) 调子 調子 diào zi tune / melody / tuning / cadence / intonation / (speech) tone syn 腔调 腔調 qiāng diào a tune / a melody / accent (distinctive way of pronouncing a language) / tone (manner of expression) / elegance / refinement syn 取暖 qǔ nuǎn to warm oneself (by a fire etc) syn 语调 語調 yǔ diào intonation / tone of voice / CL:個|个[ge4] 保暖 bǎo nuǎn to keep warm 轻声 輕聲 qīng shēng quietly / softly / neutral tone / light stress 口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice / connotation in intonation / accent (regional etc) / snout / muzzle / lips / protruding portion of an animal's face syn 声调 聲調 shēng diào tone / note / a tone (on a Chinese syllable) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 口风 口風 kǒu fēng meaning behind the words / what sb really means to say / one's intentions as revealed in one's words / tone of speech syn 色调 色調 sè diào hue / tone syn 音色 yīn sè tone / timbre / sound color syn 音质 音質 yīn zhì tone / sound quality / timbre syn 主音 zhǔ yīn keynote / principal tone / tonic / vowel 热乎 熱乎 rè hu warm / hot / affectionate / ardent syn 预热 預熱 yù rè to preheat / (fig.) to warm up / to prepare for 暖流 nuǎn liú warm current / (fig.) warm feeling 热乎乎 熱乎乎 rè hū hū warm / (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings syn 松动 鬆動 sōng dòng loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded syn 温饱 溫飽 wēn bǎo to have enough food and warm clothes / adequately provided syn 短促 duǎn cù short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice) syn 温热 溫熱 wēn rè tepid / to warm up (food etc) 烤火 kǎo huǒ to warm oneself at a fire 音高 yīn gāo pitch (music) / tone 话音 話音 huà yīn one's speaking voice / tone / implication syn 热身赛 熱身賽 rè shēn sài warm-up match / a friendly 回暖 huí nuǎn (of the weather) to warm up again 变调 變調 biàn diào tone sandhi / modified tone / (music) to change key / modulation syn 慈母 cí mǔ warm, caring mother syn 阳平 陽平 yáng píng evenly rising tone, the second tone of putonghua syn 一锤定音 一錘定音 yī chuí dìng yīn lit. to fix the tone with a single hammer blow / fig. to make the final decision syn 融融 róng róng in harmony / happy / warm relations syn 和煦 hé xù warm / genial syn 热络 熱絡 rè luò intimate / friendly / warm / active / lively (interaction, participation etc) 乐音 樂音 yuè yīn musical note / tone syn 四声 四聲 sì shēng the four tones of Middle Chinese: level tone 平聲|平声, rising tone 上聲|上声, departing tone 去聲|去声 and entering tone 入聲|入声 / the four tones of Modern Standard Mandarin syn 话茬 話茬 huà chá tone of voice / topic / subject under discussion 黄酒 黃酒 huáng jiǔ "yellow wine" (mulled rice wine, usually served warm) syn 暖风 暖風 nuǎn fēng warm breeze syn 暖色 nuǎn sè warm color (arch.) / esp. yellow, orange or red 暖烘烘 nuǎn hōng hōng nice and warm / cozy / heartwarming syn 温良 溫良 wēn liáng warm and kind 上声 上聲 shǎng shēng falling and rising tone / third tone in modern Mandarin syn 一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) 话锋 話鋒 huà fēng topic under discussion / direction or tone of the conversation syn 暖洋洋 nuǎn yáng yáng warm / comfortably warm syn 音韵 音韻 yīn yùn music / rhyme and rhythm / initial, 音[yin1], and final and tone, 韻|韵[yun4], of a Chinese character / phoneme 韵母 韻母 yùn mǔ the final of a Chinese syllable (the component of a syllable remaining after removal of the initial consonant, if any, and the tone, e.g. the final of "niáng" is "iang") 笔调 筆調 bǐ diào (of writing) tone / style syn 声气 聲氣 shēng qì voice / tone / information syn 平声 平聲 píng shēng level or even tone / first and second tones in modern Mandarin 纯音 純音 chún yīn pure tone 彩铃 彩鈴 cǎi líng (telephony) ringback tone 变暖 變暖 biàn nuǎn to become warm 御寒 禦寒 yù hán to defend against the cold / to keep warm 校风 校風 xiào fēng the tone of a school / campus atmosphere 调性 調性 diào xìng (music) tonality / (of an actor, company, magazine etc) style / image / tone / voice / character 温厚 溫厚 wēn hòu good-natured / warm and generous / gentle syn 融和 róng hé warm / agreeable 和暖 hé nuǎn pleasantly warm (weather) syn 去声 去聲 qù shēng falling tone / fourth tone in modern Mandarin syn 温煦 溫煦 wēn xù warm syn 入声 入聲 rù shēng entering tone / checked tone / one of the four tones of Middle Chinese 阴平 陰平 yīn píng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua syn 热 熱 rè to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent syn 烤 kǎo to roast / to grill / to broil / to bake / to toast (bread) / to warm oneself by a fire syn 音 yīn sound / noise / note (of musical scale) / tone / news / syllable / reading (phonetic value of a character) syn 暖 煗 nuǎn variant of 暖[nuan3], warm syn 温 溫 wēn warm / lukewarm / to warm up / (bound form) temperature / (bound form) mild / soft / tender / to review (a lesson etc) / (TCM) fever / epidemic / pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1]) syn 熏 薰 xūn fragrance / warm / to educate / variant of 熏[xun1] / to smoke / to fumigate 挫 cuò obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen syn 嘞 lei sentence-final particle similar to 了[le5], but carrying a tone of approval syn 筛 篩 shāi (bound form) a sieve / to sieve / to sift / to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) syn 窝心 窩心 wō xīn aggrieved / dejected / (Tw, southern China) to be moved by a kind gesture etc / to feel gratified / to feel warm inside syn 坐冷板凳 zuò lěng bǎn dèng to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels syn 吕 呂 lǚ pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system 升调 昇調 shēng diào to promote to a higher post / (linguistics) rising intonation / (Chinese linguistics) rising tone 熹 xī bright / warm syn 回铃音 回鈴音 huí líng yīn ringback tone 反切 fǎn qiè traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone 基音 jī yīn fundamental tone 暄 xuān genial and warm syn 煦 xù balmy / nicely warm / cozy / Taiwan pr. [xu3] syn 焐 wù to warm sth up syn 