天气
tiānqìTraditional: 天氣
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Translation
weather
Word origin
A compound of 天 (tiān, sky or day) and 气 (qì, air or vapour), meaning the state of the air, that is, the weather.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 天 (tiān, sky) + 气 (qì, air)
Stroke order
天
气
Examples
。
The weather is lovely today.
预雨。
The weather forecast says it will rain tomorrow.
冬。
The weather here is very cold in winter.
，。
Because of the bad weather, the match was cancelled.
。
Before going out I first checked the weather.
天气 (tiān qì) means the weather. It joins 天 (sky) with 气 (air) to describe the state of the atmosphere at a given time.
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