熱 (jit6 | re4) : hot

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熱

jit6

re4

[1] hot; heat; heated; burning [2] fever [3] earnest; ardent; zealous; enthusiastic; passionate

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 火 (#86)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

熱 / 热

Don't confuse with:
熟

This word has been viewed 24711 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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趁熱食 can3 jit6 sik6 = eat it while it's hot 粵

心要熱,頭要冷 sam1 jiu3 jit6 tau4 jiu3 laang5 xin1 yao4 re4 tou4 yao4 leng3 = One should have a warm heart and a cool head

熱線 jit6 sin3 re4 xian4 = telephone hotline

熱狗 jit6 gau2 re4 gou3 = hot dog

熱頭 jit6 tau4*2 = sun 粵

熱身 jit6 san1 re4 shen1 = warm up

探熱 taam3 jit6 = take temperature 粵

滾熱辣 gwan2 jit6 laat6 = piping hot 粵

熱燈 jit6 dang1 re4 deng1 = a heat lamp

熱朱古力 jit6 zyu1 gu2*1 lik6*1 re4 zhu1 gu3 li4 = hot chocolate 粵
See all 157 compounds (CantoDict reports 158 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 6 examples containing 熱

琴晚個派對十分之熱鬧呀！粵
The party yesterday night was extremely lively (and exciting)!
[the word "排對" is incorrect. we should say "派對"]

大熱天時開冷氣真舒服。粵
It is so comfortable to have the air-contioner on during hot days.

一啲都唔熱嘅粵
You call this hot? It's not hot at all!
[Lit. one bit also not hot [particle]. This is an idiomatic pattern that indicates emphatic negation of the adjective.]

啲湯熱得滯！唔好飲住。粵 ?!
The soup's too hot! Don't drink it yet.
[Lit. [plural counter] soup hot too-much. Don't eat [extensional-aspect particle] him.]

今日冇琴日咁熱。粵
It is not so hot today as it was yesterday.
[Parsing: 今日 today | 冇 is not | 琴日 yesterday | 咁 so | 熱 hot. The Cantonese structure is much simpler than the English.]

小面積房子最熱銷
Small houses are most in demand

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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