How to say “warm up” in Chinese
warm up, intensify
“Warm up” in Chinese is 升温, shēng wēn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
升温 is read shēng wēn: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
It is also a unit of volume — a liter. Sounds the same as 生 shēng.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “升温”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 升温. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 明天开始升温。míngtiānkāishǐshēngwēnIt’ll start warming up tomorrow.
- 预报说周末开始升温yùbàoshuōzhōumòkāishǐshēngwēnThe forecast says it’ll warm up starting this weekend.
More words from the lesson “Weather forecast”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “warm up” in Chinese?
“Warm up” in Chinese is 升温, pinyin shēngwēn.
What does 升温 mean?
升温 (shēngwēn) means “warm up, intensify”.
How do you write 升温?
升温 is 2 characters: 升 (shēng) — rise, go up; 温 (wēn) — warm; temperature. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 升温?
升温 is read shēngwēn. Tones: shēng — first tone, wēn — first tone. The page has an audio recording.
“warm up” in the lesson “Weather forecast”
This word is from the topic “Earth, weather, ecology” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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