{"id":14769,"date":"2019-06-20T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T14:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=14769"},"modified":"2019-06-19T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T02:52:10","slug":"summer-in-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/summer-in-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking About Summer in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow is the first day of summer<\/strong> (\u590f\u5929 \u2013 xi\u00e0 ti\u0101n). Many students are getting ready to go on summer vacation<\/strong> (\u6691\u5047 \u2013 sh\u01d4 ji\u00e0), so lots of families plan to take a vacation<\/strong> (\u5047\u671f \u2013 ji\u00e0 q\u012b) in the coming months. All over China, people are excited for what the summer months bring. Learn how to chat with people by picking up some useful vocabulary for the season in this post on talking about summer in Chinese.<\/p>\n

Summer Activities and Places<\/h2>\n

Of course, many people like to hit the beach<\/strong> (\u6d77\u6ee9 \u2013 h\u01cei t\u0101n) in the hot summer months. Some like to go swimming<\/strong> (\u6e38\u6cf3 \u2013 y\u00f3u y\u01d2ng), while others simply want to relax<\/strong> (\u4f11\u606f \u2013 xi\u016b x\u00ed).<\/p>\n

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Chillin’ on the beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

Coastal cities with a beach such as\u00a0Qingdao<\/strong><\/a> (\u9752\u5c9b \u2013 q\u012bng d\u01ceo) and Xiamen<\/strong> <\/a> (\u53a6\u95e8 \u2013 xi\u00e0 m\u00e9n) are at their busiest over the summer. Just one look at a crowded Chinese beach and you\u2019ll see where the classic Chinglish idiom \u201cpeople mountain, people sea<\/strong>\u201d (\u4eba\u5c71\u4eba\u6d77 \u2013 r\u00e9n sh\u0101n r\u00e9n h\u01cei) comes from.<\/p>\n