{"id":16653,"date":"2021-04-22T19:02:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T23:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=16653"},"modified":"2021-04-22T19:02:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T23:02:36","slug":"chinese-weather-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-weather-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Weather Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When making small talk, one topic that always comes up is the <strong>weather<\/strong> (\u5929\u6c14 ti\u0101n q\u00ec), whether you like it or not. If you can forgive me for that cheesy pun, I\u2019ll teach you some useful Chinese weather vocabulary and phrases\u00a0in this post.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15225\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004.jpeg\" aria-label=\"DSC 0004\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15225\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15225\"  alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"603\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004-350x235.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004-768x515.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u5317\u4eac\u7684\u70df\u96fe\u5f25\u6f2b\u7684\u4e00\u5929 (A smoggy day in Beijing).<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Seasons (\u5b63\u8282 j\u00ec ji\u00e9)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>winter (\u51ac\u5929 d\u014dng ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>spring (\u6625\u5929 ch\u016bn ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>summer (\u590f\u5929 xi\u00e0 ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>fall\/autumn (\u79cb\u5929 qi\u016b ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>dry season (\u65f1\u5b63 h\u00e0n j\u00ec)<\/li>\n<li>rainy season (\u96e8\u5b63 y\u01d4 j\u00ec)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written several posts over the years about the seasons in China which you can check out here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Chinese Winter Vocabulary\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-winter-vocabulary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Winter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Springtime in China\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/springtime-in-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spring<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Talking About Summer in Chinese\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/summer-in-chinese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Talking About Fall in Chinese\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/talking-about-fall-in-chinese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fall<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Temperature (\u6e29\u5ea6 w\u0113n d\u00f9)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>hot (\u70ed r\u00e8)<\/li>\n<li>warm (\u6e29\u6696 w\u0113n nu\u01cen)<\/li>\n<li>cool (\u51c9\u5feb li\u00e1ng ku\u00e0i)<\/li>\n<li>cold (\u51b7 l\u011bng)<\/li>\n<li>degree (\u5ea6 d\u00f9)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_9323\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/GOPR0788.jpg\" aria-label=\"GOPR0788\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9323\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9323\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/GOPR0788.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/GOPR0788.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/09\/GOPR0788-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u4eca\u5929\u5929\u6674 (It&#8217;s sunny today).\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>More Weather Vocabulary<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>clear (\u6674\u6717 q\u00edng l\u01ceng)<\/li>\n<li>sunny (\u9633\u5149\u660e\u5a9a y\u00e1ng gu\u0101ng m\u00edng m\u00e8i)<\/li>\n<li>a sunny day (\u6674\u5929 q\u00edng ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>cloudy (\u591a\u4e91 du\u014d y\u00fan)<\/li>\n<li>a cloudy day (\u9634\u5929 y\u012bn ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>rain (\u96e8 y\u01d4)<\/li>\n<li>snow (\u96ea xu\u011b)<\/li>\n<li>wind (\u98ce f\u0113ng)<\/li>\n<li>fog (\u96fe w\u00f9)<\/li>\n<li>smog (\u70df\u96fe y\u0101n w\u00f9)<\/li>\n<li>humid (\u6e7f sh\u012b)<\/li>\n<li>dry (\u5e72 g\u00e0n)<\/li>\n<li>weather forecast (\u5929\u6c14\u9884\u62a5 ti\u0101n q\u00ec y\u00f9 b\u00e0o)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Extreme Weather (\u6781\u7aef\u5929\u6c14 j\u00ed du\u0101n ti\u0101n q\u00ec)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>hurricane (\u98d3\u98ce j\u00f9 f\u0113ng)<\/li>\n<li>tsunami (\u6d77\u5578 h\u01cei xi\u00e0o)<\/li>\n<li>tornado (\u9f99\u5377\u98ce l\u00f3ng ju\u01cen f\u0113ng)<\/li>\n<li>flood (\u6d2a\u6c34 h\u00f3ng shu\u01d0)<\/li>\n<li>blizzard (\u66b4\u98ce\u96ea b\u00e0o f\u0113ng xu\u011b)<\/li>\n<li>heat wave (\u70ed\u6d6a r\u00e8 l\u00e0ng)<\/li>\n<li>dust storm (\u5c18\u66b4 ch\u00e9n b\u00e0o)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_12762\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/1-DSC_0017.jpg\" aria-label=\"1 DSC 0017\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12762\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12762\"  alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/1-DSC_0017.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/1-DSC_0017.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/12\/1-DSC_0017-350x235.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u5728\u54c8\u5c14\u6ee8\uff0c\u51ac\u5929\u5f88\u51b7 (In Harbin, winter is very cold).<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Questions and Answers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How\u2019s the weather today? (\u4eca\u5929\u5929\u6c14\u600e\u4e48\u6837? j\u012bn ti\u0101n ti\u0101n q\u00ec z\u011bn me y\u00e0ng)<\/li>\n<li>Today, the weather is\u2026 (\u4eca\u5929\u5929\u6c14 j\u012bn ti\u0101n ti\u0101n q\u00ec)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>very good (\u5f88\u597d h\u011bn h\u01ceo)<\/li>\n<li>bad (\u4e0d\u597d b\u00f9 h\u01ceo)<\/li>\n<li>not bad\/so-so (\u4e0d\u9519 b\u00fa cu\u00f2)<\/li>\n<li>too hot (\u592a\u70ed\u4e86 t\u00e0i r\u00e8 le)<\/li>\n<li>incredibly cold (\u7279\u522b\u51b7 t\u00e8 bi\u00e9 l\u011bng)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s a clear day. (\u4eca\u5929\u662f\u6674\u5929 j\u012bn ti\u0101n sh\u00ec q\u00edng ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s a foggy day. (\u4eca\u5929\u662f\u96fe\u5929 j\u012bn ti\u0101n sh\u00ec w\u00f9 ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s a cloudy day. (\u4eca\u5929\u662f\u9634\u5929 j\u012bn ti\u0101n sh\u00ec y\u012bn ti\u0101n)<\/li>\n<li>The wind is very strong today. (\u4eca\u5929\u6709\u5927\u98ce j\u012bn ti\u0101n y\u01d2u d\u00e0 f\u0113ng)<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s raining. (\u4e0b\u96e8\u4e86 xi\u00e0 y\u01d4 le)<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s snowing. (\u4e0b\u96ea\u4e86 xi\u00e0 xu\u011b le)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12093\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/03\/2-109.jpg\" aria-label=\"2 109\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12093\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12093\"  alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/03\/2-109.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/03\/2-109.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/03\/2-109-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u4eca\u5929\u5929\u6c14\u5f88\u597d (The weather is very good today).<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>What\u2019s the weather like in Beijing? (\u5317\u4eac\u7684\u5929\u6c14\u600e\u4e48\u6837? b\u011bi j\u012bng de ti\u0101n q\u00ec z\u011bn me y\u00e0ng)<\/li>\n<li>Although it doesn\u2019t snow often in winter, it\u2019s very cold. (\u51ac\u5929\u867d\u7136\u4e0d\u5e38\u4e0b\u96ea\uff0c\u53ef\u662f\u5f88\u51b7 d\u014dng ti\u0101n su\u012b r\u00e1n b\u00f9 ch\u00e1ng xi\u00e0 xu\u011b, k\u011b sh\u00ec h\u011bn l\u011bng)<\/li>\n<li>The weather in spring is very comfortable. (\u6625\u5929\u5929\u6c14\u5f88\u8212\u670d ch\u016bn ti\u0101n ti\u0101n q\u00ec h\u011bn sh\u016b f\u00fa)<\/li>\n<li>Summer is very hot, and it often rains. (\u590f\u5929\u5f88\u70ed\uff0c\u5e38\u5e38\u4e0b\u96e8 xi\u00e0 ti\u0101n h\u011bn r\u00e8, ch\u00e1ng ch\u00e1ng xi\u00e0 y\u01d4)<\/li>\n<li>Fall is the best season, it isn\u2019t cold and it isn\u2019t hot. (\u79cb\u5929\u662f\u6700\u597d\u7684\u5b63\u8282. \u4e0d\u51b7\uff0c\u4e5f\u4e0d\u70ed qi\u016b ti\u0101n sh\u00ec zu\u00ec h\u01ceo de j\u00ec ji\u00e9, b\u00f9 l\u011bng, y\u011b b\u00f9 r\u00e8.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Practice<\/h1>\n<p>Use these questions to form your own answers!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where do you live? (\u4f60\u4f4f\u5728\u54ea\u91cc? n\u01d0 zh\u00f9 z\u00e0i n\u01ce l\u01d0)<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s the weather like there? (\u54ea\u91cc\u7684\u5929\u6c14\u600e\u4e48\u6837 n\u01ce l\u01d0 de ti\u0101n q\u00ec z\u011bn me y\u00e0ng)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For some great listening and reading practice, I also recommend following along with this YouTube video from SyS Mandarin. The teacher takes an actual weather forecast from Chinese news and breaks it down sentence by sentence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"364 Learn Weather Forecast in Chinese \u770b\u5929\u6c14\u9884\u62a5\u5b66\u4e2d\u6587\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9PnxshZBkBg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004-350x235.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004-350x235.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/10\/DSC_0004.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>When making small talk, one topic that always comes up is the weather (\u5929\u6c14 ti\u0101n q\u00ec), whether you like it or not. If you can forgive me for that cheesy pun, I\u2019ll teach you some useful Chinese weather vocabulary and phrases\u00a0in this post. Seasons (\u5b63\u8282 j\u00ec ji\u00e9) winter (\u51ac\u5929 d\u014dng ti\u0101n) spring (\u6625\u5929 ch\u016bn ti\u0101n)&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/chinese-weather-vocabulary\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":15225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[127569],"class_list":["post-16653","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-chinese-weather-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16656,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16653\/revisions\/16656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}