HSK 5 · Adjectives

温暖 wēnnuǎn “warm” in Chinese

Traditional 溫暖

What 温暖 means

  1. warm

How to say 温暖

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale暖nuǎn3rd tone, dipping

温暖 in a sentence

  1. 春天来了，越来越温暖。

    Chūntiān lái le, yuèláiyuè wēnnuǎn.

    Spring is here, and it’s getting warmer and warmer.

    Sentence #623183 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 温暖的晴天最适合野餐。

    Wēnnuǎn de qíngtiān zuì shìhé yěcān.

    A warm, sunny day is ideal for a picnic.

    Sentence #13752037 from Tatoeba

  3. 橘子在温暖的地方生长。

    Júzi zài wēnnuǎn de dìfang shēngzhǎng.

    Oranges grow in warm places.

    Sentence #2335987 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 温暖 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 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 nuǎn.

How to write 温暖

温 12 strokes · 暖 13 strokes

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

Words related to 温暖

Words with 温

温度wēndù · temperature温柔wēnróu · gentle温和wēnhé · mild温带wēndài · temperate zone

Words with 暖

暖和nuǎnhuo · warm

More words: Adjectives

完美wánměi · perfect完善wánshàn · complete完整wánzhěng · complete伟大wěidà · great温柔wēnróu · gentle文明wénmíng · civilised稳定wěndìng · steady系统xìtǒng · system

FAQs

温暖 (wēnnuǎn) means “warm”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wēnnuǎn: wēn with a 1st tone, then nuǎn with a 3rd 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, 温暖 is written 溫暖. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wennuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 温暖 from the suggestions. Typing wennuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
温暖 is an HSK 5 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.