取暖
qǔ​nuǎn HSK7

to warm oneself

取暖 qǔ//nuǎn
to warm oneself verb
to warm oneself by using a heat source such as a fire or heater

几千年来，人们烧木头取暖和做饭。

jǐ qiān​nián lái, rén​men shāo mù​tou qǔ nuǎn hé zuò fàn.

People have burned wood for heating and cooking for thousands of years.

heating verb
process or system of providing warmth to a building or space

他们的家靠当地油田的天然气取暖。

tā​men de jiā kào dāng​dì yóu​tián de tiān​rán​qì qǔ​nuǎn.

Their homes are heated by natural gas from local oil fields.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.21 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
7.09 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)