HSK 6 · Adjectives

温和 wēnhé “mild” in Chinese

Traditional 溫和

What 温和 means

  1. mild
  2. gentle
  3. moderate

How to say 温和

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale温wēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale和hé2nd tone, rising

温和 in a sentence

  1. 总体上说，日本的气候温和。

    Zǒngtǐ shàng shuō, Rìběn de qìhòu wēnhé.

    Generally speaking, the climate of Japan is mild.

    Sentence #426884 from Tatoeba

  2. 就现在这个节气来说天气是相当温和了。

    Jiù xiànzài zhè ge jiéqi lái shuō tiānqì shì xiāngdāng wēnhé le.

    For this time of year, the weather is fairly mild.

    Sentence #1605892 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这个国家的气候很温和。

    Zhè ge guójiā de qìhòu hěn wēnhé.

    This country has a mild climate.

    Sentence #372183 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 温和 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 温 (wēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
温wēnwarm; lukewarm
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 昷warmSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 昷 () hints at the sound. Compare it with wēn.

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 hé.

How to write 温和

温 12 strokes · 和 8 strokes

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

Words related to 温和

Words with 温

温度wēndù · temperature温暖wēnnuǎn · warm温柔wēnróu · gentle温带wēndài · temperate zone

Words with 和

和hé · and暖和nuǎnhuo · warm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

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FAQs

温和 (wēnhé) means “mild” or “gentle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wēnhé: wēn with a 1st tone, then hé with a 2nd 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, 温和 is written 溫和. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wenhe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 温和 from the suggestions. Typing wenhe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
温和 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.