Chinese symbol for “hectic”
热腾腾
rè téng téng
Traditional: 熱騰騰
steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hectic is 热腾腾 (rè téng téng), defined as: steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 热腾腾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 热情 (熱情) | rè qíng | cordial; enthusiastic |
| 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 |
| 折腾 (折騰) | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again |
| 沸腾 (沸騰) | fèi téng | (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over |
| 图腾 (圖騰) | tú téng | totem (loanword) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hectic”.
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.