Weather words and weather-related expressions in Mandarin Chinese with English equivalents.
| 普通话 / 國語 / 華語 | English |
|---|---|
| 天气 [天氣] (tiānqì) | the weather |
| 天气预报 [天氣預報] (tiānqì yùbào) | weather forecast |
| 今天的天气预报怎么说？ [今天的天氣預報怎麼說？] (jīntiān de tiānqì yùbào zěnme shuō?) |
What’s the weather forecast for today? |
| 天气怎么样？ [天氣怎麼樣? ] (tiānqì zěnme yàng?) 天气如何？ [天氣如何？] (tiānqì rúhé) |
What's the weather like? |
| 明天天气怎么样？ [明天天氣怎麼樣?] (míngtiān tiānqì zěnme yàng?) |
What will the weather be like tomorrow? |
| 天气很热 [天氣很熱] (tiānqì hěn rè) | It’s hot |
| 天气温暖 [天氣溫暖] (tiānqì wēnnuǎn) | It’s warm |
| 天气寒冷 [天氣寒冷] (tiānqì hánlěng) | It's cold |
| 天气凉 [天氣凉] (tiānqì liáng) | It's cool |
| 气温 [氣溫] (qìwēn) | temperature |
| 今天的温度是多少? [今天的溫度是多少?] (jīntiān de wēndù shì duōshǎo?) |
What’s the temperature today? |
| 度 (dù) | degrees (celsius) |
| 天晴 (tiānqíng) | It's clear |
| 天气很好 [天氣很好] (tiānqì hěn hǎo) | It's nice (weather) |
| 天气不好 (tiānqì bùhǎo) | It's bad weather |
| 天气很恶劣 [天氣很惡劣] (tiānqì hěn èliè) | It's miserable weather |
| 天气很糟糕 [天氣很糟糕] (tiānqì hěn zāogāo) | It's terrible weather |
| 天气潮湿 [天氣潮濕] (tiānqì cháoshī) | It's humid |
| 风 [風] (fēng) | wind |
| 今天刮风 [今天刮風] (jīntiān guā fēng) | It's windy |
| 和风 [和風] (héfēng) | breeze |
| 微风 [微風] (wēifēng) | light breeze |
| 清风 [清風] (qīngfēng) | cool breeze |
| 秋风送爽 [秋風送爽] (qiūfēng sòng shuǎng) | cool autumn breeze |
| 暖风 [暖風] (nuǎnfēng) | warm breeze |
| 强风 [强風] (qiángfēng) | strong breeze |
| 海风 [海風] (hǎifēng) | sea breeze, sea wind |
| 疾风 [疾風] (jífēng), 大风 [大風] (dàfēng) | strong wind, gale |
| 暴风 [暴風] (bàofēng) | storm wind, storm (force 11) |
| 旋风 [旋風] (xuànfēng) | whirlwind, tornado |
| 龙卷 [龍捲] (lóngjuǎn) | tornado, waterspout, twister |
| 龙卷风 [龍捲風] (lóngxuànfēng) | tornado, hurricane, cyclone |
| 台风 [颱風] (táifēng) | typhoon |
| 飓风 [颶風] (jùfēng) | hurricane |
| 太阳 [太陽] (tàiyáng) | sun |
| 天气晴朗 [天氣晴朗] (tiānqì qínglǎng) | It's sunny |
| 天空 (tiānkōng) | sky |
| 云 [雲] (yún) | cloud |
| 今天阴天 [今天陰天] (jīntiān yīn tiān) | It's cloudy |
| 薄雾 [薄霧] (bówù) | mist |
| 有薄雾 [有薄霧] (jīntiān yǒu bówù) | It's misty |
| 雾 [霧] (wù) | fog |
| 今天有雾 [今天有霧] (jīntiān yǒu wù) | It's foggy |
| 雨 (yǔ) | rain |
| 下雨 (xià yǔ) | It's raining |
| 小雨 (xiǎoyǔ) | light rain, drizzle |
| 烟雨 [煙雨] (yānyǔ) | misty rain, drizzle |
| 大雨 (dàyǔ) | heavy rain |
| 暴雨 (bàoyǔ) | torrential rain, rainstorm |
| 下傾盆大雨 [下倾盆大雨] (xìa qīngpén dàyǔ) | It’s raining heavily (“Basin-bending big rain is falling”) |
| 雪 (xuě) | snow |
| 下雪 (xià xuě) | It's snowing |
| 冰雹 (bīngbáo) | hail |
| 雨夹雪 (yǔjiāxuě) | sleet |
| 冰 (bīng) | ice |
| 今天特别冷 (jīntiān tèbié lěng) | It's freezing |
| 雷 (léi) | thunder |
| 雷雨 (léiyǔ) | thunderstorm |
| 闪电 [閃電] (shǎndiàn) | lightning |
| 暴风雨 [暴風雨] (bàofēngyǔ) | storm, rainstorm, tempest |
| 有暴风雨 [有暴風雨] (yǒu bàofēngyǔ) | It's stormy |
| 彩虹 (cǎihóng) | rainbow |
| 暴风雨 [暴風雨] | storm, rainstorm, tempest |
| 温度 [溫度] (wēndù) | temperature |
Here are some idioms related to the weather and/or feature weather-related words:
| 普通话 / 國語 / 華語 | English |
|---|---|
| 乘风破浪 [乘風破浪] (chéngfēngpòlàng) | to have high ambitions (“ride the wind and waves”) |
| 一帆风顺 [一帆風順] (yīfānfēngshùn) | smooth sailing, have a nice trip (“propitious wind throughout the journey”) |
| 乘风 [乘風] (chéng fēng) | to take an opportunity (“ride the wind”) |
| 风和日丽 [風和日麗] (fēnghérìlì) | fine sunny weather, esp. in springtime (“moderate wind, beautiful sun”) |
| 风雨同舟 [風雨同舟] (fēngyǔtóngzhōu) | through thick and thin, to stick together in hard times (“wind rain same boat”) |
| 风雨 [風雨] (fēngyǔ) | trials and hardships, the elements (“wind and rain”) |
| 雨过天晴 [雨過天晴] (yǔguòtiānqíng) | every cloud has a silver lining (“sky clears after rain”) |
| 风雨飘摇 [風雨飄搖] (fēngyǔpiāoyáo) | (of a situation) unstable (“tossed about by the wind and rain”) |
| 雷声大雨点小 (léishēng dàyǔ diǎn xiǎo) | his bark is worse than his bite (“loud thunder little rain”) |
Hear Mandarin Chinese words for weather:
Learn Chinese online with ChineseClass101
https://www.thoughtco.com/mandarin-seasons-and-weather-2279450
https://www.rocketlanguages.com/chinese/words/weather-in-chinese
https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary
https://dict.naver.com/linedict/zhendict/dict.html
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