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Chinese symbol for “subtropical”

亚热带
yà rè dài
Traditional: 亞熱帶
subtropical (zone or climate)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subtropical is 亚热带 (yà rè dài), defined as: subtropical (zone or climate).

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Characters and stroke order

亚 yà
Asia; second
radical 7 ⼆ · 6 strokes
热 rè
heat, fever, zeal
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
带 dài
belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear
radical 50 ⼱ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “subtropical”

WordPinyinMeaning
副热带 (副熱帶)fù rè dàisubtropical (zone or climate)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 亚热带.

WordPinyinMeaning
南亚 (南亞)nán Yàsouthern Asia
亚军 (亞軍)yà jūnsecond place (in a sports contest); runner-up
亚科 (亞科)yà kēsubfamily (taxonomy)
路亚 (路亞)lù yà(loanword) lure fishing
亚麻 (亞麻)yà máflax
热情 (熱情)rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic
热爱 (熱愛)rè àito love ardently; to adore
热烈 (熱烈)rè lièenthusiastic; ardent
带来 (帶來)dài láito bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce

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.