HSK 6 · Verbs

寒暄 hánxuān “to exchange pleasantries” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 寒暄 means

  1. to exchange pleasantries
  2. small talk
  3. to exchange conventional greetings

How to say 寒暄

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale寒hán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale暄xuān1st tone, high and level

寒暄 in a sentence

  1. 两个人寒暄了几句，就开始谈正事。

    Liǎng ge rén hánxuān le jǐ jù, jiù kāishǐ tán zhèngshì.

    The two exchanged a few pleasantries, then got down to business.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 见面以后，他们先寒暄了一会儿。

    Jiànmiàn yǐhòu, tāmen xiān hánxuān le yíhuìr.

    When they met, they made small talk for a while first.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 寒暄 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 寒 (hán) drawn as one shape
寒háncold

寒 is a single shape of 12 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 暄 (xuān) with each of its parts in a different colour
暄xuāngenial and warm
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 宣to proclaim · xuānSound part

日 hints at the meaning (sun); 宣 (xuān) hints at the sound. Compare it with xuān.

How to write 寒暄

寒 12 strokes · 暄 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

寒暄 (hánxuān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 寒暄 (hánxuān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 寒暄

Words with 寒

寒假hánjià · winter holidays严寒yánhán · bitter cold

More words: Thinking & Talking

鼓动gǔdòng · to stir up辜负gūfù · to let down过奖guòjiǎng · you flatter me过问guòwèn · to concern oneself with哼hēng · to hum哄hǒng · to coax吼hǒu · to roar恍然大悟huǎngrándàwù · to suddenly realise

FAQs

寒暄 (hánxuān) means “to exchange pleasantries” or “small talk”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hánxuān: hán with a 2nd tone, then xuān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 寒暄 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hanxuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 寒暄 from the suggestions. Typing hanxuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
寒暄 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.