(nuǎn huo) - warm in Mandarin
nuǎnhuoTraditional: 暖和
Translation
warm
Stroke order
暖
和
Examples
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The sun's out today, the weather is nice and warm.
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It's warm inside, come on in.
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This jacket is very warm.
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Spring has arrived, the weather gets warmer every day.
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Winter in the south isn't as cold as in the north, it's actually fairly warm.
暖和 (nuǎnhuo) means warm, in the comfortable sense: weather, a room, a coat or a drink can all be 暖和 (nuǎnhuo). Like 凉快 (liángkuai, cool), the second syllable loses its tone in speech, so 和 (huo) here is neutral rather than the second-tone hé it carries in a word like 和 (hé, and).
It describes a pleasant kind of heat, not the sticky discomfort of 热 (rè, hot). A summer afternoon is more likely to be described as 热 (rè), while a sunny spot in early spring or a well-heated room is 暖和 (nuǎnhuo).
暖和 (nuǎnhuo) can also be used as a short verb meaning "to warm up", as in 暖和暖和 (nuǎnhuo nuǎnhuo), "warm yourself up a bit", the kind of thing said to someone coming in from the cold.
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