热风 (rèfēng): hot wind; warm air blast

Meanings

1 hot wind; warm air blast
2 (of an appliance) hot-air mode

Characters

热

Examples

夏天的热风吹在脸上很难受。

Xiàtiān de rèfēng chuī zài liǎn shàng hěn nánshòu.

The summer hot wind on your face is unpleasant.

把空调调到热风。

Bǎ kōngtiáo tiáo dào rèfēng.

Switch the air conditioner to warm-air mode.

Tips

culture

《热风》is also the title of Lu Xun 鲁迅's 1925 essay collection — a fierce attack on traditional culture and morality. He chose the title because, as he put it in the preface, 'the air around me was too cold' — 热风 was meant as a counter.

In Pop Culture

《热风》 Rèfēng

Hot Wind

Lu Xun's 1925 essay collection of social and cultural critique

Stroke Order

热 rè

风 fēng

Related Words

热身 rèshēn #7,181

to warm up / to do warm-up exercises