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炎热 (yán rè): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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炎热 (yán rè): Scorching (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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炎热 consists of 2 characters.

flame, blaze, intense heat

How to Use 炎热 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 炎热 with other words naturally.

Verb + Adjectivewith感到

gǎn感

dào到

yán炎

rè热

neutral

feel hot

Adjective + Nounwith夏天

yán炎

rè热

de的

xià夏

tiān天

Subject + Adjectivewith天气

tiān天

qì气

yán炎

rè热

Adjective + Adjectivewith酷热

kù酷

rè热

yán炎

rè热

Example Sentences with 炎热

jīn今

tiān天

tiān天

qì气

hěn很

yán炎

rè热

neutral

hot summer

neutral

hot weather

formal

Written

scorching hot

。

The weather is very hot today.

jǐn尽

guǎn管

tiān天

qì气

yán炎

rè热

，

jiàn建

zhù筑

gōng工

rén人

men们

réng仍

zài在

gōng工

dì地

shàng上

xīn辛

qín勤

láo劳

zuò作

。

Despite the scorching weather, the construction workers are still toiling hard on the site.

zài在

rú如

cǐ此

yán炎

rè热

de的

tiáo条

jiàn件

xià下

，

hù户

wài外

huó活

dòng动

bì必

xū须

cǎi采

qǔ取

chōng充

fèn分

de的

fáng防

shǔ暑

cuò措

shī施

。

Under such blazing hot conditions, adequate heatstroke prevention measures must be taken for outdoor activities.

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yán炎

rè热

de的

xià夏

tiān天

，

rén人

men们

xǐ喜

huān欢

qù去

yóu游

yǒng泳

。

In the hot summer, people like to go swimming.

nǐ你

bù不

jué觉

de得

jīn今

nián年

de的

xià夏

tiān天

bǐ

zhè这

lǐ里

de的

qì气

hòu候

bìng并

bù不

yán炎

rè热

yóu由

yú于

tiān天

qì气

yán炎

rè热

，

wǒ我

men们

yóu由

yú于

chí持

xù续

yán炎

rè热

hé和

gān干

hàn旱

比

wǎng往

nián年

gèng更

jiā加

yán炎

rè热

ma吗

？

Don't you think this summer is even more scorching than previous years?

，

fǎn反

ér而

sì四

jì季

rú如

chūn春

，

fēi非

cháng常

yí宜

rén人

。

The climate here is not burning hot; on the contrary, it's like spring all year round and very pleasant.

jué

决

dìng定

dài待

zài在

shì室

nèi内

。

Due to the hot weather, we decided to stay indoors.

，

zhèng政

fǔ府

fā发

bù布

le了

gāo高

wēn温

hóng红

sè色

yù预

jǐng警

。

Due to the persistent scorching heat and drought, the government issued a red high-temperature warning.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 炎热.

Words with 炎

发炎fā yán
炎症yán zhèng
肺炎fèi yán
腮腺炎sāi xiàn yán

Words with 热

热情rè qíngHSK 3
热闹rè naoHSK 4
亲热qīn rè
加热jiā rè
发热fā rè
火热huǒ rè
灼热zhuó rè
热带rè dài