Chinese symbol for “heater”
暖气
nuǎn qì
Traditional: 暖氣
central heating; heater; warm air
The closest CC-CEDICT match for heater is 暖气 (nuǎn qì), defined as: central heating; heater; warm air.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “heater”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暖气.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 温暖 (溫暖) | wēn nuǎn | warm |
| 取暖 | qǔ nuǎn | to warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc) |
| 暖和 | nuǎn huo | warm; nice and warm |
| 保暖 | bǎo nuǎn | to keep warm |
| 暖化 | nuǎn huà | warming |
| 天气 (天氣) | tiān qì | weather |
| 空气 (空氣) | kōng qì | air; atmosphere |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “heater”.
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.