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温度计

wēn dù jì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 溫度計

温度计 (wēn dù jì) means "thermometer; thermograph". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 温度计 means

1. thermometer
2. thermograph

The characters in 温度计

• 温wēnwarm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature
• 度dùto pass; to spend (time); measure
• 计jìto calculate; to compute; to count

Example sentences

• 温度计指向十度。
  The thermometer reads 10 degrees.
• 温度计往往低于零度。
  Wēndùjì wǎngwǎng dīyú língdù.
  Thermometers often go below zero.
• 护士用温度计量了量他的体温。
  Hùshi yòng wēndùjì liáng le liáng tā de tǐwēn.
  The nurse took his temperature with a thermometer.
• 昨夜温度计显示气温下降到零度。
  Zuóyè wēndùjì xiǎnshì qìwēn xiàjiàng dào língdù.
  The thermometer fell to zero last night.
• 温度计上的温度跌到了零度以下。
  Wēndùjì shàng de wēndù diē dào le língdù yǐxià.
  The thermometer went down below zero.
• 这小镇的天气十分暖和，即使是在盛夏，温度计也很少会升到三十度。
  Zhè xiǎozhèn de tiānqì shífēn nuǎnhuo, jíshǐ shì zài shèngxià, wēndùjì yě hěn shǎo huì shēng dào sānshí dù.
  The climate of this town is so mild that the thermometer seldom rises to thirty degrees, even in midsummer.

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