Nature & weather

Weather, seasons, landscape and the environment.

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Word list: Nature & weather

Weather, seasons, landscape and the environment. Below you'll find all 141 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
冷		lěng	cold	HSK 1
热	熱	rè	heat	HSK 1
天气	天氣	tiānqì	weather	HSK 1
下雨		xiàyǔ	to rain	HSK 1
晴		qíng	clear	HSK 2
雪		xuě	snow	HSK 2
阴	陰	yīn	cloudy	HSK 2
春		chūn	spring	HSK 3
冬		dōng	winter	HSK 3
刮风	刮風	guāfēng	windy	HSK 3
环境	環境	huánjìng	environment	HSK 3
季节	季節	jìjié	season	HSK 3
秋		qiū	autumn	HSK 3
太阳	太陽	tàiyáng	the sun	HSK 3
夏		xià	summer	HSK 3
月亮		yuèliang	the moon	HSK 3
地球		dìqiú	the Earth	HSK 4
光		guāng	light	HSK 4
海洋		hǎiyáng	ocean	HSK 4
火		huǒ	fire	HSK 4
景色		jǐngsè	scenery	HSK 4
空气	空氣	kōngqì	air	HSK 4
凉快	涼快	liángkuai	nice and cool	HSK 4
暖和		nuǎnhuo	warm	HSK 4
气候	氣候	qìhòu	climate	HSK 4
森林		sēnlín	forest	HSK 4
温度	溫度	wēndù	temperature	HSK 4
污染	汙染	wūrǎn	pollution	HSK 4
阳光	陽光	yángguāng	sunshine	HSK 4
云	雲	yún	cloud	HSK 4
自然		zìrán	nature	HSK 4
岸		àn	bank	HSK 5
彩虹		cǎihóng	rainbow	HSK 5
潮湿	潮濕	cháoshī	damp	HSK 5
池塘		chítáng	pool	HSK 5
岛屿	島嶼	dǎoyǔ	islands	HSK 5
地理		dìlǐ	geography	HSK 5
地震		dìzhèn	earthquake	HSK 5
冻	凍	dòng	to freeze	HSK 5
洞		dòng	cave	HSK 5
风景	風景	fēngjǐng	scenery	HSK 5
干燥	幹燥	gānzào	to dry	HSK 5
雷		léi	thunder	HSK 5
陆地	陸地	lùdì	land	HSK 5
沙漠		shāmò	desert	HSK 5
沙滩	沙灘	shātān	sand bar	HSK 5
闪电	閃電	shǎndiàn	lightning	HSK 5
生长	生長	shēngzhǎng	grow	HSK 5
湿润	濕潤	shīrùn	moist	HSK 5
天空		tiānkōng	sky	HSK 5
土地		tǔdì	land	HSK 5
温暖	溫暖	wēnnuǎn	warm	HSK 5
雾	霧	wù	fog	HSK 5
预报	預報	yùbào	to predict	HSK 5
灾害	災害	zāihài	disaster	HSK 5
北极	北極	běijí	the North Pole	HSK 6
冰雹		bīngbáo	hail	HSK 6
波浪		bōlàng	wave	HSK 6
波涛	波濤	bōtāo	great waves	HSK 6
播种	播種	bōzhǒng	sow seeds	HSK 6
赤道		chìdào	the equator	HSK 6
淡水		dànshuǐ	fresh water	HSK 6
堤坝	堤壩	dībà	dam	HSK 6
地势	地勢	dìshì	terrain	HSK 6
陡峭		dǒuqiào	steep	HSK 6
二氧化碳		èryǎnghuàtàn	carbon dioxide	HSK 6
泛滥	泛濫	fànlàn	to be in flood	HSK 6
肥沃		féiwò	fertile	HSK 6
丰收	豐收	fēngshōu	bumper crop	HSK 6
风暴	風暴	fēngbào	storm	HSK 6
风光	風光	fēngguāng	a natural scenic view	HSK 6
干旱	幹旱	gānhàn	drought	HSK 6
港湾	港灣	gǎngwān	harbor	HSK 6
高峰		gāofēng	peak	HSK 6
耕地		gēngdì	arable land	HSK 6
灌溉		guàngài	irrigate	HSK 6
光芒		guāngmáng	rays of light	HSK 6
海拔		hǎibá	height above sea level	HSK 6
洪水		hóngshuǐ	flood	HSK 6
呼啸	呼嘯	hūxiào	whistle	HSK 6
湖泊		húpō	lake	HSK 6
荒凉	荒涼	huāngliáng	desolate	HSK 6
回收		huíshōu	recycle	HSK 6
混浊	混濁	hùnzhuó	muddy	HSK 6
火焰		huǒyàn	blaze	HSK 6
降临	降臨	jiànglín	befall	HSK 6
砍伐		kǎnfá	cut down	HSK 6
矿产	礦産	kuàngchǎn	minerals	HSK 6
辽阔	遼闊	liáokuò	vast	HSK 6
笼罩	籠罩	lǒngzhào	envelop	HSK 6
蔓延		mànyán	extend	HSK 6
茫茫		mángmáng	boundless	HSK 6
弥漫	彌漫	mímàn	fill the air	HSK 6
浓厚	濃厚	nónghòu	dense	HSK 6
排放		páifàng	to discharge	HSK 6
畔		pàn	riverbank	HSK 6
盆地		péndì	basin	HSK 6
飘扬	飄揚	piāoyáng	wave in the wind	HSK 6
平原		píngyuán	field	HSK 6
坡		pō	slope	HSK 6
瀑布		pùbù	waterfall	HSK 6
气象	氣象	qìxiàng	meteorology	HSK 6
气压	氣壓	qìyā	atmospheric pressure	HSK 6
清澈		qīngchè	clear	HSK 6
晴朗		qínglǎng	sunny and cloudless	HSK 6
丘陵		qiūlíng	hills	HSK 6
融化		rónghuà	melt	HSK 6
山脉	山脈	shānmài	mountain range	HSK 6
闪烁	閃爍	shǎnshuò	to twinkle	HSK 6
上游	上遊	shàngyóu	upper reaches	HSK 6
摄氏度	攝氏度	shèshìdù	degrees Celsius	HSK 6
生态	生態	shēngtài	way of life	HSK 6
盛产	盛産	shèngchǎn	abound in	HSK 6
水利		shuǐlì	water conservancy	HSK 6
台风	台風	táifēng	typhoon	HSK 6
天然气	天然氣	tiānránqì	natural gas	HSK 6
田野		tiányě	field	HSK 6
土壤		tǔrǎng	soil	HSK 6
蔚蓝	蔚藍	wèilán	azure	HSK 6
温带	溫帶	wēndài	temperate zone	HSK 6
夕阳	夕陽	xīyáng	setting sun	HSK 6
溪		xī	creek	HSK 6
峡谷	峽谷	xiágǔ	canyon	HSK 6
霞		xiá	red clouds	HSK 6
汹涌	洶湧	xiōngyǒng	violently surge up	HSK 6
悬崖峭壁	懸崖峭壁	xuányáqiàobì	cliffside	HSK 6
淹没	淹沒	yānmò	submerge	HSK 6
严寒	嚴寒	yánhán	bitter cold	HSK 6
岩石		yánshí	rock	HSK 6
炎热	炎熱	yánrè	blistering hot	HSK 6
源泉		yuánquán	headspring	HSK 6
灾难	災難	zāinàn	disaster	HSK 6
噪音		zàoyīn	uproar	HSK 6
沼泽	沼澤	zhǎozé	marsh	HSK 6
照耀		zhàoyào	to shine	HSK 6
蒸发	蒸發	zhēngfā	evaporate	HSK 6
支流		zhīliú	tributary	HSK 6
踪迹	蹤迹	zōngjì	tracks	HSK 6
下雪		xiàxuě	to snow	Daily life
雾霾	霧霾	wùmái	smog	Daily life
度		dù	degree	Daily life

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