Chinese symbol for “hotbed”
温床
wēn chuáng
Traditional: 溫床
hotbed; breeding ground; fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition
The closest CC-CEDICT match for hotbed is 温床 (wēn chuáng), defined as: hotbed; breeding ground; fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “hotbed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渊薮 (淵藪) | yuān sǒu | (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 温床.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 温度 (溫度) | wēn dù | temperature; 个 (gè) |
| 温暖 (溫暖) | wēn nuǎn | warm |
| 温柔 (溫柔) | wēn róu | gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) |
| 气温 (氣溫) | qì wēn | air temperature |
| 高温 (高溫) | gāo wēn | high temperature |
| 温和 (溫和) | wēn hé | mild; gentle |
| 临床 (臨床) | lín chuáng | (medicine) clinical |
| 起床 | qǐ chuáng | to get out of bed; to get up |
See also: Japanese symbol for “hotbed”.
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.