怕热

怕熱

pàrè

adjective

Meanings

1 to be sensitive to heat
2 to hate hot weather
3 heat-intolerant

Characters

to fear, to be averse to

Examples

我特别怕热，夏天一直开空调。

Wǒ tèbié pàrè, xiàtiān yīzhí kāi kōngtiáo.

I really can't stand the heat — I keep the AC on all summer.

小孩子比大人怕热。

Xiǎo háizi bǐ dàrén pàrè.

Small children tolerate heat less well than adults.

他不怕热，倒是怕冷。

Tā bù pàrè, dàoshì pàlěng.

He doesn't mind the heat — it's the cold he can't take.

Tips

grammar

怕 + [stimulus] forms a productive "averse to X" pattern: 怕冷 (can't take cold), 怕辣 (can't take spicy food), 怕痛 (pain-averse), 怕黑 (afraid of the dark). 怕 here is weaker than English "afraid" — it means "doesn't handle well."

Stroke Order

怕 pà

热 rè