How to say “air temperature” in Chinese
air temperature
“Air temperature” in Chinese is 气温, qì wēn: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
气温 is read qì wēn: 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
In 不客气 it is read with the neutral tone: qi.
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 “气温”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 气温. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 今天的气温是多少？jīntiāndeqìwēnshìduōshaoWhat's the air temperature today?
- 气温降到了零下qìwēnjiàngdàolelíngxiàThe temperature has dropped below zero.
- 随着气温下降叶子都落了suízheqìwēnxiàjiàng,yèzidōuluòleAs the temperature dropped, all the leaves fell.
- 今天最低气温零下十摄氏度jīntiānzuìdīqìwēnlíngxiàshíshèshìdùToday's low is minus ten degrees.
- 今天气温较高。jīntiānqìwēnjiàogāoToday's temperature is relatively high.
- 今天的气温较昨天高。jīntiāndeqìwēnjiàozuótiāngāoToday is warmer than yesterday.
More words from the lesson “How many degrees?”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “air temperature” in Chinese?
“Air temperature” in Chinese is 气温, pinyin qìwēn.
What does 气温 mean?
气温 (qìwēn) means “air temperature”.
How do you write 气温?
气温 is 2 characters: 气 (qì) — air, spirit; 温 (wēn) — warm; temperature. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 气温?
气温 is read qìwēn. Tones: qì — fourth tone, wēn — first tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“air temperature” in the lesson “How many degrees?”
This word is from the topic “Nature and weather” of HSK 4. 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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