🌍 Basic Weather Vocabulary
天气 [tiānqì] weather
❓ 今天天气怎么样？
[Jīntiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?]
How is the weather today?
🌡️ Temperature
🔥 热 [rè] — hot
🌤️ 暖和 [nuǎnhuo] — warm
🧊 凉快 [liángkuai] — cool, fresh
❄️ 冷 [lěng] — cold
Examples
☀️ 今天很热。
[Jīntiān hěn rè.]
Today is hot.
🥶 明天很冷。
[Míngtiān hěn lěng.]
Tomorrow is cold.
🌬️ 明天会很冷。
[Míngtiān huì hěn lěng.]
Tomorrow will be cold.
📅 Time Words
📍 今天 [jīntiān] — today
📍 明天 [míngtiān] — tomorrow
📍 昨天 [zuótiān] — yesterday
🌧️ Rain & Snow
🌧️ 下雨 [xià yǔ] — to rain
(lit. “fall rain”)
❄️ 下雪 [xià xuě] — to snow
(lit. “fall snow”)
📏 Big & Small
🔵 大 [dà] — big
🔹 小 [xiǎo] — small
🌧️ Heavy Rain
🌧️🌧️🌧️ 今天下大雨。
[Jīntiān xià dà yǔ.]
Today it's raining heavily.
(lit. “Today falls big rain.”)
🌦️ Light Rain / Drizzle
🌦️ 今天下小雨。
[Jīntiān xià xiǎo yǔ.]
It's drizzling today.
☁️ Cloudy Weather
☁️ 阴 [yīn] — cloudy / overcast
☁️ 今天是阴天。
[Jīntiān shì yīntiān.]
Today it's cloudy.
🌥️ 天阴了。
[Tiān yīn le.]
It's getting cloudy.
(lit. “The sky became overcast.”)
👉 了 [le] shows a change of situation.
☀️ Sunny Weather
☀️ 晴 [qíng] — clear, sunny
😎 今天是晴天。
[Jīntiān shì qíngtiān.]
Today it's sunny.
🌬️ Windy Weather
🌬️ 刮风 [guā fēng] — to blow wind / to be windy
🍃 今天刮风。
[Jīntiān guā fēng.]
Today it's windy.
💬 Mini Dialogue
A: 今天天气怎么样？
[Jīntiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?]
How is the weather today?
B: 今天是阴天，还刮风。
[Jīntiān shì yīntiān, hái guā fēng.]
Today it's cloudy and windy too.
A: 明天会下雨吗？
[Míngtiān huì xià yǔ ma?]
Will it rain tomorrow?
B: 不会，明天是晴天。
[Bú huì, míngtiān shì qíngtiān.]
No, tomorrow will be sunny. ☀️