Languages › Mandarin How to Talk About the Weather and Seasons in Chinese Share Flipboard Email Print paul mansfield photograhy/Getty Images Mandarin Vocabulary Mandarin History and Culture Pronunciation Understanding Chinese Characters By Qiu Gui Su Qiu Gui Su Chinese Language Expert Qiu Gui Su is a native Mandarin speaker who has taught Mandarin Chinese for over 20 years. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on March 05, 2019 Talking about the weather is a great way to start a casual conversation. With these new vocabulary words, you'll be able to ask about the weather and describe seasons in Chinese. Audio clips to help with listening comprehension and pronunciation are marked with ►. Seasons in Chinese As you already know, there are four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Let's learn the Mandarin Chinese names for these seasons. First off, we need to learn how to say "season": seasons ►jì jié (trad) 季節 (simp) 季节 Let's move on to season names: spring 春天 ►chūn tiān summer 夏天 ►xià tiān autumn 秋天 ►qiū tiān winter 冬天 ►dōng tiān Weather Vocabulary Now let's get more specific and talk about day-to-day weather. While reading through this vocabulary list, think about how you can apply these new words. What is the weather usually like in 秋天 (qiū tiān)? What about 夏天 (xià tiān)? What is the weather like for you today? weather (trad) 天氣 / (simp) 天气 ►tiān qì good 好 ►hǎo sunny 晴朗 ►qíng lǎng overcast (trad) 多雲/ (simp) 多云 ►duō yún raining 下雨 ►xià yǔ snowing 下雪 ►xià xuě cold 冷 ►lěng hot (trad) 熱 / (simp) 热 ►rè warm 溫暖 ►wēn nuǎn cool 涼爽 ►liáng shuǎng Sentence Examples About Weather Now that you have a basis in describing the weather, put it to use by incorporating this new vocabulary into a sentence. What's the weather like? ►tiān qì zěn me yàng? (trad) 天氣怎麼樣? (simp) 天气怎么样? It's cold. ►hěn lěng 很冷 It's raining. ►xià yǔ 下雨 The weather's not good. ►tiān qì bù hǎo (trad) 天氣不好 (simp) 天气不好 It's good. ►hěn hǎo 很好 It's hot. ►hěn rè (trad) 很熱 (simp) 很热 Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Su, Qiu Gui. "How to Talk About the Weather and Seasons in Chinese." ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2023, thoughtco.com/mandarin-seasons-and-weather-2279450. Su, Qiu Gui. (2023, April 5). How to Talk About the Weather and Seasons in Chinese. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/mandarin-seasons-and-weather-2279450 Su, Qiu Gui. "How to Talk About the Weather and Seasons in Chinese." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/mandarin-seasons-and-weather-2279450 (accessed May 30, 2023). copy citation