回暖

huínuǎn

verb #36,945

Meanings

1 (of weather) to warm up again
2 (figurative) to recover; to pick up (esp. of a market or relationship)

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Examples

立春过后，气温开始回暖。

Lìchūn guòhòu, qìwēn kāishǐ huínuǎn.

After Lichun (start of spring), the temperature begins to warm up.

今年楼市出现了回暖的迹象。

Jīnnián lóushì chūxiàn le huínuǎn de jìxiàng.

There are signs that the property market is recovering this year.

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usage

The figurative business sense — 'market 回暖' — is now at least as common as the weather sense in news. Common collocates: 楼市/股市/经济/消费回暖. The opposite movement is 转冷 zhuǎnlěng or 下行 xiàxíng.

Stroke Order

回 huí

暖 nuǎn