夏天
xiàtiānTraditional: 夏天
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Translation
summer, summertime
Word origin
A compound of 夏 (xià, summer) and 天 (tiān, day, sky, season), giving the everyday word for the summer season.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 夏 (xià, summer) + 天 (tiān, season)
Stroke order
夏
天
Examples
。
The weather in summer is very hot.
。
I like to go to the seaside in summer.
。
The summers here are very long.
京。
Last summer we went to Beijing.
盼。
The children are looking forward to the summer holidays.
夏天 (xià tiān) means summer, one of the four seasons and a high-frequency everyday word. It patterns with 春天, 秋天 and 冬天 for the other three seasons.
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