Chinese words starting with “re”
18 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable re. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 3 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial r · final e · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 3rd tone 2
- 4th tone 16
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 热情rè qíngHSK 2
cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately
- 热烈rè lièHSK 3
enthusiastic; ardent; warm
- 热爱rè àiHSK 3
to love ardently; to adore
All 18 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 热 | rè | a,n,k,v,ad,an | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | |
| 2 | 惹 | rě | v | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 3 | 热线 | rè xiàn | n | hotline (communications link) | |
| 4 | 热闹 | rè nao | a | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | |
| 5 | 热门 | rè mén | a | popular; hot; in vogue | |
| 6 | 热水 | rè shuǐ | n | hot water | |
| 7 | 热心 | rè xīn | a,v,ad,u,an | enthusiastic; ardent; zealous | |
| 8 | 热量 | rè liàng | n | heat; quantity of heat; calorific value | |
| 9 | 热带 | rè dài | n | the tropics; tropical | |
| 10 | 热点 | rè diǎn | n | hot spot; point of special interest | |
| 11 | 热潮 | rè cháo | n | upsurge; popular craze | |
| 12 | 热衷 | rè zhōng | v | to feel strongly about; to be fond of; obsession; deep commitment | |
| 13 | 热气 | rè qì | n | steam; heat | |
| 14 | 热水器 | rè shuǐ qì | n | water heater | |
| 15 | 热气球 | rè qì qiú | n | hot air balloon | |
| 16 | 热腾腾 | rè téng téng | z | steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [rè tēng tēng] | |
| 17 | 热泪盈眶 | rè lèi yíng kuàng | l | eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved | |
| 18 | 惹祸 | rě huò | v | to stir up trouble; to invite disaster |
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