升温

升溫

shēngwēn

verb HSK 7-9 #20,277

Meanings

1 to heat up; to rise in temperature
2 to escalate; to intensify (figurative)

Characters

to rise; to go up

temperature; warm

Literally 'rising temperature' - used both for actual heat and for situations heating up.

Examples

HSK 3

两国关系持续升温。

Liǎng guó guānxì chíxù shēngwēn.

Relations between the two countries continue to warm up.

HSK 5

明天气温将继续升温。

Míngtiān qìwēn jiāng jìxù shēngwēn.

The temperature will continue to rise tomorrow.

Tips

usage

升温 is a news headline favorite. It's used figuratively for anything that's intensifying: 中美关系升温 (Sino-US relations warming), 楼市升温 (housing market heating up), 话题升温 (a topic gaining traction). The opposite is 降温 (jiàngwēn, 'to cool down').

Stroke Order

升 shēng

温 wēn