bad, vile, nasty
恶 劣
e4lie4
to blow gently (wind)
习 习
xi2xi2
to blow (said of wind)
刮 风
gua1 (feng1)
light breeze
轻 风
qing1 feng1
fine, bright, clear (of weather)
晴
qing2
to be caught in the rain, to be drenched (literally - to drench wet)
淋 湿
lin2shi1
a clear day, clear sky
晴 朗 的 天 空
qing2lang3 de tian1 kong1
climate
气 候
qi4hou4
cloudy day, overcast day (looks like it could rain)
阴 天
yin1tian1
cloudy, partly cloudy (the sun is in and out of the clouds)
多 云
duo1yun2
cold
冷
leng3
ice-cold
冰 凉
bing1liang2
cold, frigid, glacial, poor (used in combination with other syllables)
寒
han2
a cold morning
一 个 寒 冷 的 早 晨
yi2 ge4 han2leng3 de zao3chen2
drizzle
毛 毛 雨
mao2 mao2 yu3
Fahrenheit (Celsius is the standard used in China)
华 氏
hua2shi4
got flooded
发 了 一 场 大 水
fa1le yi4 chang2 da4shui3
flood
洪 水
hong2shui3
to get flooded
发 大 水
fa1 da4shui3
fog, mist
雾
wu4
forecast
预 报
yu4bao4
strong wind
大 风
da4 feng1
spell, fit, gust, breeze, burst (measure word for the stages things go through -- time or occasion of wind, rain, applause , smoke -- burst of applause, puff of smoke, shower of rain -- verb measure word)
阵
zhen4
hail, hail stone
冰 雹
bing1bao2
humidity
潮 气
chao2qi4
hurricane
暴 风 骤 雨
bao4feng1zhou4yu3
a layer of red autumn leaves
一 层 红 叶
yi4 ceng2 hong2ye4
mist, haze
薄 雾
bo2wu4
torrential rain, rainstorm
暴 雨
bao4yu3
to rain (verb - object construction -- changes the use of le -- when it appears at the end of the sentence it follows the noun so it does not mean past tense.)
下 雨
xia4yu3
rainstorm
暴 风 雨
bao4feng1yu3
shade
阴 凉 处
yin1liang2chu4
to take a shower, to pour, to drench (most often used in combination with another syllable)
淋
lin2
shower
一 阵 雨
yi2 zhen4 yu3
snow
雪
xue3
to snow
下 雪
xia4 xue3
a snow
一 场 雪
yi4 chang2 xue3
snowstorm, blizzard
暴 风 雪
bao4feng1xue3
snow storm
雪 暴
xue3bao4
thunderstorm
雷 暴
lei2bao4
storm
大 雨
da4yu3
hail storm
雹 暴
bao2bao4
a storm
一 场 大 雨
yi4 chang2 da4yu3
storm, gale; storminess
暴 风
bao4feng1
windstorm, storm
风 暴
feng1bao4
sunburnt (literally - by sun soaking injured)
被 太 阳 晒 伤 了
bei4 tai4yang2 shai4 shang1 le
to thunder, to be thundering
打 雷
da3 lei2
雷 雨
lei2yu3
weather
天 气
tian1qi4
wet, humid
湿
shi1
fierce wind, gale force wind (see da4 feng1 for the preferred usage)
狂 风
kuang2feng1
a little wind, gentle breeze (the wind would be dying down)
微 风
wei1feng1
a slight breeze (very little)
一 丝 微 风
yi4 si1 wei1feng1
a puff of wind
一 阵 风
yi2 zhen4 feng1
wind, gale, breeze
风
feng1
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