回暖

huínuǎn
verb #36,945

Meanings

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

Examples

Lìchūn guòhòu, qìwēn kāishǐ huínuǎn.
After Lichun (start of spring), the temperature begins to warm up.
Jīnnián lóushì chūxiàn le huínuǎn de jìxiàng.
There are signs that the property market is recovering this year.

Tips

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 or 下行.

Stroke Order

huí
nuǎn