day 62weather & climate
unit 10 · nature, science & cultureweather & climate
Talk about weather and climate: temperatures, cold snaps, sunshine, wind and clouds.
today’s words
- 气候 qìhòu · climate
- 气温 qìwēn · air temperature
- 温度 wēndù · temperature
- 摄氏度 shèshìdù · degrees Celsius
- 零下 língxià · below zero
- 高温 gāowēn · high temperature, heat
- 低温 dīwēn · low temperature
- 寒冷 hánlěng · cold, freezing
- 暖和 nuǎnhuo · warm; to warm up
- 降温 jiàngwēn · to get colder (of weather)
- 降 jiàng · to fall, drop, come down
- 干 gān · dry
- 云 yún · cloud
- 吹 chuī · to blow
- 阳光 yángguāng · sunshine
- 落 luò · to fall, drop; (of the sun) to set
- 厚 hòu · thick
- 低 dī · low; to lower
sentences
- 十一月了，天气一天比一天冷。 · It’s November, and it’s getting colder by the day.
- 明天要降温，气温会降到零下。 · It’s turning cold tomorrow; the temperature will drop below zero.
- 北方的冬天又寒冷又干。 · Winters in the north are cold and dry.
- 云南的气候很好，冬天也很暖和。 · Yunnan has a lovely climate; it’s warm even in winter.
- 今天阳光很好，天上一片云也没有。 · It’s sunny today, with not a cloud in the sky.