Lesson 26

 

       

 

The Weather

 

Tian1qi4 yu4bao4 shuo1 jin1tian1 xia4yu3
天气预报说今天下雨。
The weather forecast says that today it's going to rain.

 

Tian1qi4 yu4bao4 shuo1 jin1tian1 xia4xue3
天气预报说今天下雪。
The weather forecast says that today it's going to snow.

 

Ming2tian1 shi4 qing2tian1, ke3neng2 hen3re4
明天是天,可能很热。
Tomorrow it will be clear, it may be very hot.

 

Ming2tian1 shi4 yin1tian1
明天是阴天。
Tomorrow it will be cloudy.

 

Bei3jing1 dong1tian1 xia4xue3 ma5
北京冬天下雪吗?
Does it snow in Beijing in winter?

 

Bei3jing1 dong1tian1 hen3leng3, xia4xue3
北京冬天很冷,下雪。
In Beijing, in winter it is very cold and it snows

 

Bei3jing1 dong1tian1 yi1ban1 ji3du4
北京冬天一几度?
What temperature is it normally in Beijing in winter?

 

Wu3du4 zuo3you4, you3shi2 qi4wen1 ke3neng2 jiang4dao4 ling2xia4
五度左右,有时气温可能降到下。
More or less 5 degrees, sometimes the temperature goes down to zero degrees.

 

Vocabulary

English

Chinese (phonetic)

Chinese (written)

     

Weather

Tian1qi4

天气

Forecast

Yu4bao4

预报

To rain

Xia4yu3

下雨

To snow

Xia4xue3

下雪

It is clear

Qing2tian1

晴天

It is cloudy

Yin1tian1

阴天

Hot

Re4

Cold

Leng3

Normally

Yi1ban1

一般

Degree

Du4

Temperature

Qi4wen1

气温

To lower

Jiang4

Until / up to

Dao4

Minus degrees

Ling2xia4

零下

 

 

Chinese Character of the day

leng3 (cold).