Heat in Chinese
heat · HSK 4
高温
- 高 high
- 温 warm
这几天高温，出门要多喝水。 It's been very hot these days, so drink plenty of water when you go out.
Other ways to say heat
More words with 高 or 温
How do you say heat in Chinese?
Heat in Chinese is 高温 (gāo wēn). You can also say 加热 (jiā rè), 热量 (rè liàng), 热 (rè), 烧 (shāo).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.