HSK 4 · Adjectives

暖和 nuǎnhuo “warm” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 暖和 means

  1. warm
  2. nice and warm

How to say 暖和

    暖和 in a sentence

    1. 今天比昨天暖和。

      Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān nuǎnhuo.

      It’s warmer today than yesterday.

      Sentence #346459 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

    2. 雪终于停了，天气也开始暖和了。

      Xuě zhōngyú tíng le, tiānqì yě kāishǐ nuǎnhuo le.

      It’s finally stopped snowing, and it’s starting to get warmer.

      Sentence #616220 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

    3. 这个房间里面很暖和。

      Zhè ge fángjiān lǐmiàn hěn nuǎnhuo.

      This room is very warm.

      Sentence #1950547 from Tatoeba

    How 暖和 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 暖 (nuǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
    暖nuǎnwarm
    • 日sun · rìMeaning part
    • 爰to lead on to · yuánSound part

    日 hints at the meaning (sun); 爰 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    The character 和 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
    和héand; together with; with
    • 禾grain · héSound part
    • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

    口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 禾 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with .

    How to write 暖和

    暖 13 strokes · 和 8 strokes

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

    Words related to 暖和

    Words with 暖

    温暖wēnnuǎn · warm

    Words with 和

    和hé · and和平hépíng · peace附和fùhè · to echo (someone’s views)缓和huǎnhé · to ease调和tiáohé · to reconcile和蔼hé'ǎi · kindly和睦hémù · harmonious和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious柔和róuhé · soft

    More words: Adjectives

    马虎mǎhu · careless满mǎn · to fill美丽měilì · beautiful耐心nàixīn · to be patient普遍pǔbiàn · universal轻松qīngsōng · relaxed穷qióng · poor热闹rènao · bustling with noise and excitement

    FAQs

    暖和 (nuǎnhuo) means “warm” or “nice and warm”. It is an HSK 4 word.
    Say it nuǎnhuo: nuǎnhuo. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
    Yes. 暖和 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
    Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nuanhuo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 暖和 from the suggestions. Typing nuanhuo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
    暖和 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.