Do you know how to say weather in Chinese? How about the different types of rain?
In this lesson, I will introduce you commonly used must-know words and phrases related to day-to-day weather conditions.
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How To Say Weather in Chinese?
- 天气 (tiān qì ): Weather; sky.
- 在寒冷的天气中 (Zài hánlěng de tiānqì zhòng): In the cold weather.
- 天气转晴 (Tiānqì zhuǎn qíng): It’s clearing up.
- 天气要变 (Tiānqì yào biàn): The weather is changing.
Different Weather Conditions
- 晴 (qíng ): Fine; clear
- 晴朗 (qíng lǎng ): Sunny
- 阴 (yīn ): overcast; Cloudy
- 阴天 (yīn tiān ): Overcast sky; cloudy day; overcast
- 多云 (duō yún ): Cloudy; broken sky
Different Types of Rain
- 雨 (yǔ ): Rain
- 小雨 (xiǎo yǔ ): Light rain
- 中雨 (zhōng yǔ ): Moderate rain
- 阵雨 (zhèn yǔ ): Shower of rain
- 雷阵雨 (léi zhèn yǔ ): Thunder shower
- 暴雨 (bào yǔ ): Torrential rain; rainstorm
- 雨天 (yǔ tiān ): Rainy day
Looking forward to your comments.
-Jia