夏天

xiàtiān

Traditional: 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

Stroke order for 夏

Stroke order for 天

Examples

The weather in summer is very hot.

I like to go to the seaside in summer.

The summers here are very long.

jīng

Last summer we went to Beijing.

pàn

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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This word is part of lesson 40.