温 wēn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 昷 warm, a warm meal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
温带
wēndài
temperate zone; temperate
Characters in this word
带 dài
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 温带森林的生物多样性虽不如热带雨林显眼，却同样承担着重要的碳汇功能。 Wēndài sēnlín de shēngwù duōyàngxìng suī bù rú rèdài yǔlín xiǎnyǎn, què tóngyàng chéngdān zhe zhòngyào de tànhuì gōngnéng. The biodiversity of temperate forests may be less striking than that of tropical rainforests, but it performs equally important carbon-sink functions.
- 温带地区的四季分明，秋天树叶会变色。 Wēndài dìqūde sìjì fēnmíng, qiūtiān shùyè huì biànsè. In temperate regions the four seasons are distinct, and the leaves change color in autumn.
- 苹果最适合在温带气候中生长。 Píngguǒ zuì shihé zài wēndài qìhòu zhōng shēngzhǎng. Apples grow best in a temperate climate.
Related words
- 气温 qìwēn air temperature
- 温度 wēndù temperature
- 温暖 wēnnuǎn warm
- 降温 jiàngwēn to cool down
- 高温 gāowēn high temperature; hot weather
- 温和 wēnhé gentle; mild
- 常温 chángwēn room temperature
- 温柔 wēnróu gentle, tender
- 温差 wēnchà temperature difference
- 温度计 wēndùjì thermometer
- 温泉 wēnquán hot spring
- 温室 wēnshì greenhouse