忽 hū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
忽冷忽热
hūlěnghūrè
changeable; hot and cold
Characters in this word
冷 lěng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 令 command, decree, order
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
热 rè
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 灬 — fire
- Made of
- 执 to execute 灬 fire
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这几天天气忽冷忽热，大家都容易感冒。 Zhè jǐ tiān tiānqì hū lěng hū rè, dàjiā dōu róngyì gǎnmào. The weather has been hot one minute and cold the next these days, so everyone catches colds easily.
- 他对我忽冷忽热，我真不知道他在想什么。 Tā duì wǒ hū lěng hū rè, wǒ zhēn bù zhīdào tā zài xiǎng shénme. He is hot and cold with me, and I really do not know what he is thinking.
- 这台空调忽冷忽热，晚上根本没法睡觉。 Zhè tái kōngtiáo hū lěng hū rè, wǎnshang gēnběn méifǎ shuìjiào. This air conditioner swings between cold and hot, so it is impossible to sleep at night.
Related words
- 忽然 hūrán suddenly
- 忽视 hūshì to ignore
- 忽略 hūlüè to neglect, to overlook
- 忽悠 hūyou to fool; to hoodwink
- 疏忽 shūhu to neglect; to overlook; negligence
- 冷 lěng cold
- 寒冷 hánlěng cold
- 冷静 lěngjìng calm
- 冷淡 lěngdàn cold; indifferent; to treat coldly
- 冷冻 lěngdòng to freeze; frozen
- 冷酷 lěngkù cold-hearted; ruthless
- 冷落 lěngluò desolate; to neglect; to cold-shoulder