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热

rè · re

Traditional 熱

HSK 1

Meaning

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  1. to warm up
  2. to heat up
  3. hot (of weather)
  4. heat
  5. fervent
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Too hot outside

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)太(tài)热(rè)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)进(jìn)店里(diànlǐ)坐(zuò)一会儿(yīhuìr)吧(ba)。

    It is too hot today. Let's sit in a shop for a while.

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)热得(rède)都(dōu)不(bù)想(xiǎng)说话(shuōhuà)了(le)。

    Yes. I am so hot I don't want to talk.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)要(yào)喝(hē)什么(shénme)？我(wǒ)要(yào)冰水(bīngshuǐ)。

    What do you want to drink? I want iced water.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)也(yě)要(yào)冰(bīng)的(de)……不过(bùguò)这里(zhèlǐ)的(de)空调(kōngtiáo)太(tài)冷(lěng)了(le)。

    I want iced too... but the air conditioning here is too cold.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)改(gǎi)要(yào)一杯(yībēi)热茶(rèchá)。

    Then I will change to a cup of hot tea.

  6. Liangliang

    外面(wàimiàn)这么(zhème)热(rè)，你(nǐ)还(hái)喝(hē)热(rè)的(de)？

    It is so hot outside and you want hot tea?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

虽(suī)然(rán)时(shí)间(jiān)好(hǎo)早(zǎo)，天(tiān)气(qì)已(yǐ)经(jīng)热(rè)了(le)。

Although it was still early, it was already hot outside.

Tatoeba: Chinese by BobbyLee · English by traeton · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)里(lǐ)很(hěn)热(rè)，温(wēn)度(dù)是(shì) 26 度(dù)。

It's very hot here, it's 26 degrees.

Tatoeba: Chinese by shou · English by Hasnep · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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