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  *熱* | 熱* | *熱
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent
HSK 1
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  *火* | 火* | *火
fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86
HSK 3
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  *湯* | 湯* | *湯
soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled
HSK 3
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  *辣* | 辣* | *辣
hot (spicy) / pungent / (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting / to burn
HSK 4
popular; hot; in vogue
HSK 5
sour, sweet, bitter and spicy hot / fig. the joys and sorrows of life
HSK 5
hot water
HSK 6
hot spot / point of special interest
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *燙* | 燙* | *燙
to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot
HSK 7-9
hot spring / spa / onsen
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *篩* | 篩* | *篩
(bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong)
HSK 7-9
hot and numbing
HSK 7-9
blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather)
HSK 7-9
hot air balloon
HSK 7-9
hot pepper / chili
HSK 7-9
steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1]
HSK 7-9
burning hot; scorching
HSK 7-9
hot-headed; impulsive; reckless
HSK 7-9
scorching hot / (of a burn or other injury) painful; burning / (of one's mood) agitated; heated; intense / (of a personality) fiery; sharp-tongued / (Tw) (of a woman's figure) smoking hot
HSK 7-9
lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold
HSK 7-9
to become hot / temperature rise / (fig.) to intensify / to hot up / to escalate / to get a boost
HSK 7-9
to apply a hot compress
to boil (of liquid) / boiling hot / Get out! / Go away! / fuck off (rude)
extremely hot (weather) / blazing (sun) / (fig.) burning (enthusiasm)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *塘* | 塘* | *塘
dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool
electric stove / hot plate
red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
hot-water bottle
to sell well / hot-selling
to keep hot / heat preservation
hot blood / warm-blooded (animal) / endothermic (physiology)
to set fire to / to burn down / burning hot / baked cake
iron panel / hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辛* | 辛* | *辛
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干 / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暑* | 暑* | *暑
heat / hot weather / summer heat
painful heat / scorching / rude and forthright / provocative / hot / sexy
floating capital / idle fund / hot money
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *躁* | 躁* | *躁
impatient; hot-tempered
hot dog (loanword)
rage / fury / hot anger
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing / to dawdle; to stall / (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
hot treatment (e.g. of metal)
the five flavors, namely: sweet , sour , bitter , spicy hot , salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
thermos bottle / vacuum bottle / hot water dispenser (appliance) / CL: 個|个
to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb)
burning hot
red-hot / glowing / blazing / (fig.) passionate
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
(metallurgy) hot-rolled; hot-rolling
hot drink
the second of the three annual periods of hot weather (三伏), which begins in late July and lasts either 10 or 20 days, depending on the Chinese calendar in that year
hot pants
spicy hot (taste) / fig. biting (criticism)
hot and sour soup / sour and spicy soup
intense heat / extremely hot weather
restless with anxiety / to feel unbearably painful or hot
sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot
air vent / drafty place / wind gap (geology) / tuyere (furnace air nozzle) / (fig.) hot trend / fad
to turn white-hot / to intensify / to reach a climax
hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit
piping hot
lit. burn your hand, feel the heat (idiom) / fig. arrogance of the powerful / a mighty figure no-one dares approach / hot (exciting or in favor)
like a hot knife through butter (idiom) / with irresistible force
hot tears
warm / hot / affectionate / ardent
nothing serious / just hot air
warm; (of food) piping hot / (fig.) roused to warm feelings
to strike while the iron is hot
a best-seller / a hot property
now hot, now cold / (of one's mood, affection etc) to alternate
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated
hot potato / problem / trouble / headache
homeland / hot piece of real estate
hot summer / scorching summer
hot spring (archaic)
burning hot / fiery / to have one's hair permed with hot curling tongs
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
hot flush
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
onsen tamago; hot spring egg (soft-boiled egg cooked slowly in hot spring water) (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 温玉 "ontama", which is an abbr. for 温泉玉子 "onsen tamago")
sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
to seize the opportunity / to strike while the iron is hot
to catch up vigorously / to set off in hot pursuit
strike the iron while it's hot (idiom)
bright sunny day; blazing hot day
hot patching (of insulating material in a furnace) / hot patching (runtime correction in computing)
hot (summer) weather
(manufacturing) hot pressing
(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air
hard to endure (hot weather, itchiness etc)
hot swapping
old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word / to blow hot and cold / to contradict oneself / inconsistent
(Tw) (slang) popular; hot (from Taiwanese , Tai-lo pr. [hang])
hot pepper / chili
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *烔* | 烔* | *烔
hot / heated
extra pay for hot weather
(coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *焌* | 焌* | *焌
to extinguish a burning object / to singe sth with a smoldering object (e.g. burn a hole in one's trousers with a cigarette) / to stir-fry / to pour a mixture of hot oil and flavorings over food
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暵* | 暵* | *暵
dry / hot
hot pickled mustard tuber

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