热风 (rè fēng) — hot air; hot wind

Definition

noun
hot airhot wind
Measure word · 股

Examples

  • 热风，。
    Jīn tiān wài miàn guā de shì rè fēng, ràng rén hěn bù shū fu.
    Today there's a hot wind outside, making people very uncomfortable.
  • 热风，。
    Tā yòng chuī fēng jī chuī rè fēng, bǎ tóu fa chuī gān le.
    He used a hair dryer to blow hot air, drying his hair.
  • ，热风。
    Zhè tái kōng tiáo zhǐ néng zhì lěng, bù néng chuī rè fēng.
    This air conditioner can only cool, not blow hot air.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

热rèhot
风fēngwind

热 (hot) and 风 (wind) form hot air or hot wind.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 熱; 热 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
灬Written in full as火huǒfire
Sound part声符shēngfú
埶
埶yì熱rè
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 熱 pairs 埶 with 火 (written as 灬) to show heat, while 埶 gives a sound.

Open 热 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 风 →

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