How to say “precipitation” in Chinese
precipitation
“Precipitation” in Chinese is 降水, jiàng shuǐ: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
降水 is read jiàng shuǐ: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 阝 “hill”: to go down a hill. Second reading: xiáng, “surrender”.
A picture of a stream.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “降水”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 降水. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 西北地区气候干旱降水很少xīběidìqūqìhòugānhàn,jiàngshuǐhěnshǎoThe northwest has a dry climate with very little rainfall.
More words from the lesson “Weather forecast”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “precipitation” in Chinese?
“Precipitation” in Chinese is 降水, pinyin jiàngshuǐ.
What does 降水 mean?
降水 (jiàngshuǐ) means “precipitation”.
How do you write 降水?
降水 is 2 characters: 降 (jiàng) — come down, lower; 水 (shuǐ) — water. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 降水?
降水 is read jiàngshuǐ. Tones: jiàng — fourth tone, shuǐ — third tone. The page has an audio recording.
“precipitation” in the lesson “Weather forecast”
This word is from the topic “Earth, weather, ecology” of HSK 5. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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