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 140 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.
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| Chinese | Traditional | Pinyin | English | HSK | Actions: pronunciation, favourites, Interval Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 冷 | lěng | cold | HSK 1 | ||
| 热 | 熱 | rè | hot; heat | HSK 1 | |
| 天气 | 天氣 | tiānqì | weather | HSK 1 | |
| 下雨 | xiàyǔ | to rain | HSK 1 | ||
| 晴 | qíng | sunny; clear | HSK 2 | ||
| 雪 | xuě | snow | HSK 2 | ||
| 阴 | 陰 | yīn | cloudy; overcast | HSK 2 | |
| 春 | chūn | spring (short form, in compounds) | HSK 3 | ||
| 冬 | dōng | winter (in compounds) | HSK 3 | ||
| 刮风 | 颳風 | guāfēng | to be windy | HSK 3 | |
| 环境 | 環境 | huánjìng | environment | HSK 3 | |
| 季节 | 季節 | jìjié | season | HSK 3 | |
| 秋 | qiū | autumn (short form, in compounds) | HSK 3 | ||
| 太阳 | 太陽 | tàiyáng | the sun | HSK 3 | |
| 夏 | xià | summer (short form, in compounds) | HSK 3 | ||
| 月亮 | yuèliang | the moon | HSK 3 | ||
| 地球 | dìqiú | the Earth | HSK 4 | ||
| 光 | guāng | light (ray, brightness) | HSK 4 | ||
| 海洋 | hǎiyáng | ocean | HSK 4 | ||
| 火 | huǒ | fire | HSK 4 | ||
| 景色 | jǐngsè | scenery (view, scene; descriptive) | HSK 4 | ||
| 空气 | 空氣 | kōngqì | air | HSK 4 | |
| 凉快 | 涼快 | liángkuai | nice and cool | HSK 4 | |
| 暖和 | nuǎnhuo | warm (of weather) | 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 (natural world) | HSK 4 | ||
| 岸 | àn | bank (of a river); shore | 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 | 乾燥 | gānzào | dry | HSK 5 | |
| 雷 | léi | thunder | HSK 5 | ||
| 陆地 | 陸地 | lùdì | land (vs. sea) | HSK 5 | |
| 沙漠 | shāmò | desert | HSK 5 | ||
| 沙滩 | 沙灘 | shātān | beach | HSK 5 | |
| 闪电 | 閃電 | shǎndiàn | lightning | HSK 5 | |
| 生长 | 生長 | shēngzhǎng | to grow (of living things) | HSK 5 | |
| 湿润 | 濕潤 | shīrùn | moist | HSK 5 | |
| 天空 | tiānkōng | sky | HSK 5 | ||
| 土地 | tǔdì | land (soil, territory) | HSK 5 | ||
| 温暖 | 溫暖 | wēnnuǎn | warm (also of feelings) | HSK 5 | |
| 雾 | 霧 | wù | fog | HSK 5 | |
| 预报 | 預報 | yùbào | forecast; to forecast | HSK 5 | |
| 灾害 | 災害 | zāihài | disaster (natural, e.g. flood) | 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 | to 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 | 氾濫 | fànlàn | to flood; to overflow | 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 | scenery; view | HSK 6 | |
| 干旱 | 乾旱 | 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 | to irrigate | HSK 6 | ||
| 光芒 | guāngmáng | rays of light | HSK 6 | ||
| 海拔 | hǎibá | altitude; elevation | HSK 6 | ||
| 洪水 | hóngshuǐ | flood | HSK 6 | ||
| 呼啸 | 呼嘯 | hūxiào | to whistle; to howl | HSK 6 | |
| 湖泊 | húpō | lake | HSK 6 | ||
| 荒凉 | 荒涼 | huāngliáng | desolate (of a place, barren) | HSK 6 | |
| 回收 | huíshōu | to recycle; to recover | HSK 6 | ||
| 混浊 | 混濁 | hùnzhuó | muddy | HSK 6 | |
| 火焰 | huǒyàn | blaze | HSK 6 | ||
| 降临 | 降臨 | jiànglín | to befall; to arrive | HSK 6 | |
| 砍伐 | kǎnfá | to cut down (trees) | HSK 6 | ||
| 矿产 | 礦產 | kuàngchǎn | minerals | HSK 6 | |
| 辽阔 | 遼闊 | liáokuò | vast (of land/sea, expansive) | HSK 6 | |
| 笼罩 | 籠罩 | lǒngzhào | to envelop; to shroud | HSK 6 | |
| 蔓延 | mànyán | to spread; to extend | HSK 6 | ||
| 茫茫 | mángmáng | boundless | HSK 6 | ||
| 弥漫 | 瀰漫 | mímàn | to fill the air; to permeate | HSK 6 | |
| 排放 | páifàng | to discharge | HSK 6 | ||
| 畔 | pàn | riverbank | HSK 6 | ||
| 盆地 | péndì | basin (geographic) | HSK 6 | ||
| 飘扬 | 飄揚 | piāoyáng | wave in the wind | HSK 6 | |
| 平原 | píngyuán | plain; flatlands | 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 (of water, limpid) | HSK 6 | ||
| 晴朗 | qínglǎng | sunny and cloudless | HSK 6 | ||
| 丘陵 | qiūlíng | hills | HSK 6 | ||
| 融化 | rónghuà | to melt; to thaw | HSK 6 | ||
| 山脉 | 山脈 | shānmài | mountain range | HSK 6 | |
| 闪烁 | 閃爍 | shǎnshuò | to twinkle | HSK 6 | |
| 上游 | shàngyóu | upper reaches | HSK 6 | ||
| 摄氏度 | 攝氏度 | shèshìdù | degrees Celsius | HSK 6 | |
| 生态 | 生態 | shēngtài | ecology | HSK 6 | |
| 盛产 | 盛產 | shèngchǎn | to abound in | HSK 6 | |
| 水利 | shuǐlì | water conservancy | HSK 6 | ||
| 台风 | 颱風 | 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 | sheer cliffs | HSK 6 | |
| 淹没 | 淹沒 | yānmò | to submerge; to flood | 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 | source; fountainhead | HSK 6 | ||
| 灾难 | 災難 | zāinàn | disaster (catastrophe) | HSK 6 | |
| 噪音 | zàoyīn | noise | HSK 6 | ||
| 沼泽 | 沼澤 | zhǎozé | marsh | HSK 6 | |
| 照耀 | zhàoyào | to shine | HSK 6 | ||
| 蒸发 | 蒸發 | zhēngfā | to evaporate | HSK 6 | |
| 支流 | zhīliú | tributary | HSK 6 | ||
| 踪迹 | 蹤跡 | zōngjì | tracks | HSK 6 | |
| 下雪 | xiàxuě | to snow | Daily life | ||
| 雾霾 | 霧霾 | wùmái | smog | Daily life | |
| 度 | dù | degree (unit, e.g. temperature) | Daily life |
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