热 (rè): hot, to heat
热 (rè) is a Chinese character meaning “hot, to heat.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 执 (phonetic) and 灬 (semantic). It ranks #606 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 热 fire. Its radical form 灬 (fire) appears in many related characters such as 点 (diǎn, point, o'clock), 然 (rán, nature, thus), 照 (zhào, shine, according to).
Definitions
- hot, to heat
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 热
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 热情adjective | rè qíng | cordial | 3 |
| 热爱verb | rè ài | to love ardently | 5 |
| 热线noun | rè xiàn | hotline (communications link) | 6 |
| 热烈adjective | rè liè | enthusiastic | 5 |
| 热门noun | rè mén | popular | 6 |
| 热闹adjective/verb/noun | rè nao | bustling with noise and excitement | 4 |
| 热心adjective | rè xīn | enthusiastic | 5 |
| 热量noun | rè liàng | heat | 5 |
| 加热verb | jiā rè | to heat | 5 |
| 炎热adjective | yán rè | blistering hot | 6 |
| 热点noun | rè diǎn | hot spot | 6 |
| 热度noun | rè dù | level of heat | 6 |
| 热议verb | rè yì | to discuss passionately | 6 |
| 热水器noun | rè shuǐ qì | water heater | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热狗noun | rè gǒu | hot dog (loanword) |
| 狂热adjective | kuáng rè | zealotry |
| 亲热adjective | qīn rè | affectionate |
| 热水noun | rè shuǐ | hot water |
| 热身verb | rè shēn | to warm up (sports) |
| 热衷verb | rè zhōng | to feel strongly about |
| 热带noun | rè dài | the tropics |
| 火热adjective | huǒ rè | fiery |
| 发热verb | fā rè | to have a high temperature |
| 热血adjective | rè xuè | hot blood |
| 热浪noun | rè làng | heat wave |
| 热恋verb | rè liàn | to fall head over heels in love |
| 热潮noun | rè cháo | wave of enthusiasm |
| 白热化 | bái rè huà | to turn white-hot |
| 热切adjective | rè qiè | fervent |
热 appears in 106 compound words: 56 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 2 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 热 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 热.
Example Sentences
这个夏天特别热，空调销量比去年同期增长了百分之三十。
Zhè gè xiàtiān tèbié rè, kōngtiáo xiāoliàng bǐ qùnián tóngqī zēngzhǎng le bǎifēnzhī sānshí.
This summer is especially hot, and air conditioner sales have increased by thirty percent compared to the same period last year.
黄金消费火热、春节不打烊,电商人一周三飞
huáng jīn xiāo fèi huǒ rè , chūn jié bù dǎ 烊 , diàn shāng rén yī zhōu sān fēi
Gold consumption is hot, the Spring Festival is not closed, and e-commerce people fly three times a week
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jī qì rén chūn wǎn sài rè nào zhī yú , duō xiǎng sān gě wèn tí shì pín
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一杯热水赠归人 一句感谢显温情 环兰高速人:点...
yī bēi rè shuǐ zèng guī rén yī gōu gǎn xiè xiǎn wēn qíng huán lán gāo sù rén diǎn . . .
A cup of hot water to the returnees A word of thanks to show the warmth of the Huanlan high-speed people: point...
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chūn wǎn yǐn bào jī qì rén rè cháo ! shǎng bǎi gǔ huò shòu yì , jié qián yú yì qiāng chóu . .
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首次举办新春市集,大学路迎来“最热闹的春节”
shǒu cì jǔ bàn xīn chūn shì jí , dà xué lù yíng lái zuì rè nào de chūn jié
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明天会不会又很热？
Míngtiān huìbùhuì yòu hěn rè?
Will it be hot again tomorrow?
为什么这两天一天比一天热？
Wèishénme zhè liǎng tiān yī tiān bǐ yī tiān rè?
Why has it been getting hotter and hotter these last two days?
这牛奶是冷的还是热的？
Zhè niúnǎi shì lěng de háishi rè de?
Is the milk cold, or still hot?
热水袋真是冬日必备好物！
Rèshuǐdài zhēnshi dōng rì bìbèi hǎowù!
A hot water bottle is something you must buy to prepare for the winter months.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 灬 (fire) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced rè
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