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
温度计
wēndùjì
thermometer
Characters in this word
度 dù
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
计 jì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 实验前必须校准温度计，否则微小误差也可能推翻整组数据。 Shíyàn qián bìxū jiàozhǔn wēndùjì, fǒuzé wēixiǎo wùchā yě kěnéng tuīfān zhěng zǔ shùjù. The thermometer must be calibrated before the experiment; otherwise even a tiny error may overturn the whole set of data.
- 医生用温度计给生病的孩子量体温。 Yīshēng yòng wēndùjì gěi shēngbìngde háizi liáng tǐwēn. The doctor used a thermometer to take the temperature of the sick child.
- 量体温前，先把温度计甩几下。 Liáng tǐwēn qián, xiān bǎ wēndùjì shuǎi jǐ xià. Before taking your temperature, shake the thermometer a few times.
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
- 温带 wēndài temperate zone; temperate
- 温泉 wēnquán hot spring
- 温室 wēnshì greenhouse