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文火
wén​huǒ

gentle heat

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
文火 wén​huǒ
gentle heat
a small flame or low heat used in cooking or simmering medicine; also called 微火 wēi​huǒ

Frequency

Written text
1.12 per million

Cross-References

Antonym

  • 武火 wǔ​huǒ
  • 猛火 měng​huǒ

Same as

  • 微火 wēi​huǒ

Synonym

  • 慢火 màn​huǒ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)