HSK 1 · Adjectives

热 rè “hot” in Chinese

Traditional 熱

What 热 means

  1. hot
  2. to warm up
  3. to heat up
  4. hot (of weather)
  5. heat
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • fervent

How to say 热

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale热rè4th tone, falling

热 in a sentence

  1. 昨天的天气很热。

    Zuótiān de tiānqì hěn rè.

    It was hot yesterday.

    Sentence #413263 from Tatoeba

  2. 今天好热啊！

    Jīntiān hǎo rè a!

    How hot it is today!

    Sentence #2358130 from Tatoeba

  3. 今天热吗？

    Jīntiān rè ma?

    Is it hot today?

    Sentence #10961174 from Tatoeba

How 热 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 热 (rè) with each of its parts in a different colour
热rèto warm up
  • 执to execute · zhíSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 执 (zhí) hints at the sound. Compare it with rè.

How to write 热

热 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 热

Words with 热

热情rèqíng · cordial热闹rènao · bustling with noise and excitement热烈rèliè · enthusiastic热爱rè'ài · to love ardently热心rèxīn · enthusiastic亲热qīnrè · affectionate热门rèmén · popular炎热yánrè · scorching hot (weather)热泪盈眶rèlèiyíngkuàng · eyes brimming with tears

More words: Adjectives

小xiǎo · small多duō · many少shǎo · few冷lěng · cold高兴gāoxìng · happy漂亮piàoliang · beautiful好看hǎokàn · good-looking好听hǎotīng · pleasant to hear

FAQs

热 (rè) means “hot” or “to warm up”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it rè: rè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 热 is written 熱. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type re with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 热 from the suggestions. Typing re into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
热 is an HSK 1 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.