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气候

qì hòu

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 氣候

气候 (qì hòu) means "climate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 气候 means

1. (meteorology) climate
2. (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)

The characters in 气候

• 气qìgas; air; smell; weather
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch

Example sentences

• 我国是温带气候。
  Wǒguó shì wēndài qìhòu.
  Our country's climate is temperate.
• 岛上气候怎幺样？
  What is the climate on the island like?
• 我对这气候习惯了。
  Wǒ duì zhè qìhòu xíguàn le.
  I'm accustomed to the climate.
• 那里的气候怎幺样?
  How's the weather there?
• 你最喜欢什么气候？
  What's your favorite climate?
• 那国家的气候很严峻。
  Nà guójiā de qìhòu hěn yánjùn.
  That country has a severe climate.

Words starting with 气候

• 气候学qì hòu xuéclimatology
• 气候学家qì hòu xué jiāa climatologist
• 气候变化qì hòu biàn huàclimate change
• 气候状况qì hòu zhuàng kuàngclimatic conditions; atmospheric conditions
• 气候暖化qì hòu nuǎn huàclimate warming

Words containing 气候

• 大气候dà qì hòuatmosphere
• 小气候xiǎo qì hòumicroclimate; fig. local situation
• 全球气候quán qiú qì hòuglobal climate
• 政治气候zhèng zhì qì hòupolitical climate
• 成不了气候chéng bu liǎo qì hòuwon't get far; unlikely to be successful
• 古气候学gǔ qì hòu xuépaleoclimatology
• 海洋性气候hǎi yáng xìng qì hòumaritime climate
• 全球气候升温quán qiú qì hòu shēng wēnglobal warming
• 全球气候变暖quán qiú qì hòu biàn nuǎnglobal warming
• 大陆性气候dà lù xìng qì hòucontinental climate
• 联合国气候变化框架公约Lián hé guó Qì hòu Biàn huà Kuàng jià Gōng yuēUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Where 气候 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Nature & climate (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read qì hòu correctly.
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