炎热 yánrè blistering hot
blistering hot; sizzling hot (weather)
How to remember 炎热: 炎 inflammation + 热 hot = blistering hot.
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How it is used
- Scorching/blazing hot (of weather) - 炎热的夏天 (yánrè de xiàtiān) a sweltering summer, 天气炎热 (tiānqì yánrè) blistering weather.
- Specifically for hot weather/climate; the doubled fire 炎 intensifies the heat.
- Contrast 热 (rè, hot, general, also 'warm/popular'); 炎热 is emphatically about oppressive weather heat.
Example sentences
- 这里夏天非常炎热。 Zhèlǐ xiàtiān fēicháng yánrè.It's very hot here in the summer.
- 12月份巴厘岛极其炎热和潮湿。 12yuèfèn bālídǎo jíqí yánrè hé cháoshī.It is extremely hot and humid in Bali in December.