Chinese symbol for “temperature”
温度
wēn dù
Traditional: 溫度
temperature; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for temperature is 温度 (wēn dù), defined as: temperature; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “temperature”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 体温 (體溫) | tǐ wēn | (body) temperature |
| 温 (溫) | wēn | warm; lukewarm; to warm up |
| 热度 (熱度) | rè dù | level of heat; (fig.) zeal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 温度.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 态度 (態度) | tài du | manner; bearing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “temperature”.
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.