Meaning of 暖气
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- central heating
- heater
- warm air
How to use 暖气
暖气 most often means the central heating system or the radiators in a home, especially in northern China where buildings are heated in winter. People talk about the heating being on, off, or not warm enough. Example: 我家的暖气不太热。(Wǒ jiā de nuǎnqì bú tài rè.) The heating in my home isn't very warm.
暖 (nuǎn) means warm and has the sun radical 日 on the left, and 气 (qì) means air or gas. Warm air flowing through a building is exactly what 暖气 gives you.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 暖 (nuǎn) with 缓 (huǎn, slow), which shares the right side but has the silk radical 纟 instead of the sun 日. Also remember 暖 is third tone, so it is nuǎn, not nuàn.
暖气 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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暖 nuǎn · warm · 13 strokes
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气 qì · gas · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 暖气.
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 不客气 | bù kèqì | you're welcome; don't mention it |
| 空气 | kōngqì | air; atmosphere |
| 气温 | qìwēn | air temperature |
| 温暖 | wēnnuǎn | warm |
| 暖和 | nuǎnhuo | warm; nice and warm |
| 气候 | qìhòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 运气 | yùnqi | luck (good or bad) |
| 勇气 | yǒngqì | courage |
| 力气 | lìqi | physical strength |
| 气球 | qìqiú | balloon |
Questions about 暖气
What does 暖气 mean?
暖气 (nuǎnqì) means "central heating; heater" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 暖气?
暖气 is made of 2 characters: 暖 (13 strokes), 气 (4 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 暖气 an HSK word?
Yes. 暖气 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 暖气 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 暖气 is written 暖氣.
What verbs go with 暖气 to say the heating is on or off?
You can say 开暖气 (kāi nuǎnqì) to turn on the heating and 关暖气 (guān nuǎnqì) to turn it off. When the city heating season starts, people say 来暖气了 (lái nuǎnqì le), meaning the heating has come on.
How is 暖气 different from 空调?
暖气 is a heating system, usually radiators or underfloor heating. 空调 (kōngtiáo) is an air conditioner, which can cool and sometimes heat a room. In southern China many homes have no 暖气 and use 空调 for warmth instead.