温 (wēn): warm, temperature
温 (wēn) is a Chinese character meaning “warm, temperature.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 昷 (phonetic). It ranks #867 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 温 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- warm, temperature
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 温
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 温柔adjective | wēn róu | gentle and soft | 6 |
| 温暖adjective/verb | wēn nuǎn | warm | 5 |
| 温度noun | wēn dù | temperature | 4 |
| 体温noun | tǐ wēn | (body) temperature | 4 |
| 温和adjective | wēn hé | mild | 6 |
| 气温noun | qì wēn | air temperature | 4 |
| 高温noun | gāo wēn | high temperature | 4 |
| 低温noun | dī wēn | low temperature | 4 |
| 降温verb | jiàng wēn | to become cooler | 4 |
| 升温verb | shēng wēn | to become hot | 5 |
| 常温noun | cháng wēn | room temperature | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 温馨adjective | wēn xīn | comfort |
| 温泉noun | wēn quán | hot spring |
| 重温verb | chóng wēn | to learn sth over again |
| 温斯顿 | wēn sī dùn | Winston (name) |
| 温哥华proper-noun | wēn gē huá | Vancouver (city in Canada) |
| 温室noun | wēn shì | greenhouse |
| 温顺adjective | wēn shùn | docile |
| 温度计noun | wēn dù jì | thermometer |
| 水温noun | shuǐ wēn | water temperature |
| 温习verb | wēn xí | to review (a lesson etc) |
| 室温noun | shì wēn | room temperature |
| 温床noun | wēn chuáng | hotbed |
| 温情noun | wēn qíng | tenderness |
| 温饱verb | wēn bǎo | to have enough food and warm clothes |
| 保温verb | bǎo wēn | to keep hot |
温 appears in 100 compound words: 53 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 16 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 温 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future
Showing 5 of 6 idioms containing 温.
Example Sentences
实验室需要保持恒温环境，所以空调必须二十四小时运行。
Shíyànshì xūyào bǎochí héngwēn huánjìng, suǒyǐ kōngtiáo bìxū èrshísì xiǎoshí yùnxíng.
The laboratory needs to maintain a constant temperature environment, so the air conditioning must run twenty-four hours a day.
局地降温超20°C!降温继续南下,南方多地降雨频...
jú dì jiàng wēn chāo 2 0 C ! jiàng wēn jì xù nán xià , nán fāng duō dì jiàng yǔ pín . . .
The local cooling exceeded 20°C! The cooling continued to move south, and rainfall was frequent in many places in the south...
茶香氤氲,温情暖暖~看阿婆爷叔如何解锁“行云流水”....
chá xiāng 氤 氲 , wēn qíng nuǎn nuǎn kàn ā pó yé shū rú hé jiě suǒ háng yún liú shuǐ . . . .
The fragrance of tea is fragrant, warm and warm~ See how grandma and uncle unlock "flowing water"....
致敬坚守者:宝山这些身影温暖了我们的团圆年|在宝山..
zhì jìng jiān shǒu zhě : bǎo shān zhè xiē shēn yǐng wēn nuǎn le wǒ men de tuán yuán nián zài bǎo shān . .
Salute to the perseverance: These figures of Baoshan warmed our reunion year|In Baoshan:
一杯热水赠归人 一句感谢显温情 环兰高速人:点滴之..
yī bēi rè shuǐ zèng guī rén yī gōu gǎn xiè xiǎn wēn qíng huán lán gāo sù rén diǎn dī zhī . .
A cup of hot water for the returnees A word of thanks for the warmth of the Huanlan Expressway people: a little bit of...
青春志愿行 温暖糖球会——青岛公交2路青年党团员助..
qīng chūn zhì yuàn háng wēn nuǎn táng qiú huì qīng dǎo gōng jiāo lù qīng nián dǎng tuán yuán zhù . .
Youth Volunteer Initiative: Warmth at the Candy Ball Event — Qingdao Bus Route 2 Youth Party and League Members Assist...
今天很温暖，不是吗？
Jīntiān hěn wēnnuǎn, bùshìma?
It's warm today, isn't it?
他们说温州话很难懂，是吗？
Tāmen shuō Wēnzhōu huà hěn nándǒng, shì ma?
They say Wenzhounese is hard to understand, right?
温度计往往低于零度。
Wēndùjì wǎngwǎng dīyú língdù.
Thermometers often go below zero.
下周我去温哥华看我妹妹。
Xiàzhōu wǒ qù Wēngēhuá kàn wǒ mèimei.
Next week I'm going to Vancouver to visit my sister.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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