Chinese symbol for “cordial”
热情
rè qíng
Traditional: 熱情
cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cordial is 热情 (rè qíng), defined as: cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cordial”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亲切 (親切) | qīn qiè | amiable; cordial |
| 衷心 | zhōng xīn | heartfelt; wholehearted |
| 诚恳 (誠懇) | chéng kěn | sincere; honest |
| 诚挚 (誠摯) | chéng zhì | sincere; cordial |
| 笃挚 (篤摯) | dǔ zhì | sincere (in friendship); cordial |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 热情.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
| 热烈 (熱烈) | rè liè | enthusiastic; ardent |
| 热带 (熱帶) | rè dài | the tropics; tropical |
| 热门 (熱門) | rè mén | popular; hot; in vogue |
| 热点 (熱點) | rè diǎn | hot spot; point of special interest |
| 情况 (情況) | qíng kuàng | circumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng) |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 情绪 (情緒) | qíng xù | mood; state of mind |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cordial”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.