xuān

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Character · AdjectiveTraditional暄

warm (literary); pleasantries

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

adjective

warm (of weather, climate, or sunlight); balmy; mild and genial

literary

Primarily used in literary contexts to describe pleasant warmth, especially in spring or sunny weather. Most commonly appears in the compound 寒暄 (hánxuān, literally 'cold and warm,' meaning to exchange social pleasantries).

Chūn春
rì日
de的
yáng阳
guāng光
xuān暄
nuǎn暖
yí宜
rén人
 。

The spring sunlight is pleasantly warm and agreeable.

Tā他
men们
jiàn见
miàn面
hòu后
hù互
xiāng相
hán寒
xuān暄
le了
jǐ几
jù句
 。

They exchanged a few pleasantries after meeting.

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Xuān暄
fēng风
chuī吹
fú拂
 ，
liǔ柳
zhī枝
qīng轻
bǎi摆
 。

The warm breeze blows gently, swaying the willow branches.