Chinese symbol for “lukewarm”
温和
wēn huo
Traditional: 溫和
lukewarm
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lukewarm is 温和 (wēn huo), defined as: lukewarm.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lukewarm”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 温 (溫) | wēn | warm; lukewarm; to warm up |
| 不温不火 (不溫不火) | bù wēn bù huǒ | (of sales, TV show ratings etc) lukewarm; moderate |
| 温吞 (溫吞) | wēn tūn | tepid; lukewarm; (fig.) apathetic; half-hearted; sluggish |
| 若即若离 (若即若離) | ruò jí ruò lí | lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom); fig. to keep one's distance |
| 乌涂 (烏塗) | wū tu | unclear; not straightforward |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 温和.
| 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 |
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 共和国 (共和國) | gòng hé guó | republic |
| 和谐 (和諧) | hé xié | harmonious; harmony |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lukewarm”.
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.