热腾腾

• Pinyin: rè téng téng
• Desglose de hanzi: 热 = 灬 + 执 (fire radical — intense heat); 腾 = 月 + 滕 (flesh/body + rise — to leap up or surge)

Significado

Humeante; muy caliente y recién hecho.

Strongly positive connotation — implies freshly prepared, comforting food. Common with 饺子, 馒头, 汤 (dumplings, steamed buns, soup). Also used metaphorically for warm enthusiasm or a freshly published piece of news.

Ejemplos

1. 祖母从厨房端出一盘热腾腾的饺子，摆在年夜饭的桌上，全家人顿时食欲大开。
2. 大雪纷飞的夜晚，手捧一杯热腾腾的姜茶，听着窗外的风声，心中竟生出一种难言的安宁。
3. 记者在发布会结束后立即撰写报道，将热腾腾的新闻第一时间推送给了读者。

Guía de uso

Contexto: food, daily life, comfort, cooking

Tono: positive

Correcto

• 每天清晨，街角那家早点铺都会准时摆出热腾腾的包子和豆浆，吸引附近居民排起长队购买。(Every morning, the breakfast stall at the street corner punctually sets out piping-hot steamed buns and soy milk, drawing long queues of local residents.)
• 母亲知道女儿今天长途奔波回家，特意提前备好了一锅热腾腾的排骨汤在灶上温着，等她一推开门就能喝上。(Knowing her daughter would be making a long journey home that day, the mother had prepared a pot of steaming pork rib soup in advance, keeping it warm on the stove so it would be ready the moment the door opened.)

Incorrecto

• 天气热腾腾的 — use 天气热烘烘的 or 天气炎热; 热腾腾 describes steam rising from a hot substance, not general weather heat

Origen e historia

热 (hot) + 腾腾 (rising, surging — reduplication of 腾, to rise/soar) — steam rising vigorously from a hot surface

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal