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Hot (heat - warm up)

Full dictionary entry HSK 1 20 sentences

热 (rè) means Hot (heat - warm up). Below are 20 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

今天天气很

Jīntiān tiānqì hěn rè.

The weather is very hot today.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 ·

今天非常

Jīntiān fēicháng rè.

It is extremely hot today.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 非常

今天特别

Jīntiān tèbié rè.

It is especially hot today.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 特别

天气 起来了。

Tiānqì rè qǐlai le.

The weather is getting hot.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 起来

秋天不冷也不

Qiūtiān bù lěng yě bú rè.

Autumn is neither cold nor hot.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

了,开空调吧。

Tài rè le, kāi kōngtiáo ba.

It's too hot — let's turn on the air conditioning.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 空调

这里的人都很 情。

Zhèlǐ de rén dōu hěn rèqíng.

The people here are very warm-hearted.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 热情

出租车司机很 情。

Chūzūchē sījī hěn rèqíng.

The taxi driver was very friendly.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 司机

服务员对客人很 情。

Fúwùyuán duì kèrén hěn rèqíng.

The waiters are very warm towards the guests.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 客人

情地介绍了自己。

Tā rèqíng de jièshào le zìjǐ.

He introduced himself warmly.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 热情

夏天很 ,我经常去游泳。

Xiàtiān hěn rè, wǒ jīngcháng qù yóuyǒng.

Summer is hot, so I often go swimming.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 ·

From the graded readers

中午的时候,天气很

zhōngwǔ de / dì shíhou, tiānqì hěn rè.

By noon it was very hot.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today

早上有太阳,不冷也不

zǎoshang yǒu tàiyáng, bù lěng yěbù rè.

There was sun in the morning; it wasn't cold or hot.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today

我的头很疼,身体也很

wǒ de(possessive) tóu hěn téng, shēntǐ yě hěn rè.

My head hurt and my body was hot.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

上海比我的城市大多了,也 闹多了。

shànghǎi bǐ wǒ de(possessive) chéngshì dàduō le / liǎo / liào, yě rènao duōle.

Shanghai is far bigger than my city, and far livelier.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai

他说:“一天吃三次,多喝 水,好好休息。”

tā shuō:" yī tiān chī sāncì, duō hē / hè rè shuǐ, hǎohǎo xiūxi."

He said, "Three times a day, drink plenty of hot water, and rest properly."

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Going to the Doctor

他给了我一个 红薯,说:“拿着,路上冷。”

tā gěile wǒ yīgè rè hóngshǔ, shuō:" názhe, lùshang lěng."

He handed me a hot sweet potato and said, "Take it — it's cold out there."

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Getting Lost

From the travel phrasebook

没有 水。

Méiyǒu rèshuǐ.

There's no hot water.

Travel phrasebook · Hotel check-in

请给我 水。

Qǐng gěi wǒ rèshuǐ.

Hot water, please.

Travel phrasebook · Ordering in a restaurant

From the grammar library

今天比昨天

Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān rè.

Today is hotter than yesterday.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 比 comparisons

Words that contain 热

Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.

Questions about 热

How is 热 used in a sentence?

This page shows 20 sentences using 热 (rè, "Hot (heat - warm up)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 热 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 热 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 热 an HSK word?

Yes — 热 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 热?

The dictionary page for 热 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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