VocabularyHSK 3 · core

天气

tiānqì

weather

Part of speech · noun

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天heavens

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氣spirit

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Examples

今天天气很好。
The weather is nice today.
天气预报说明天下雨。
The forecast says it'll rain tomorrow.

Collocations

天气好天气预报天气热

Mnemonic

天气 tiānqì "weather" — 天 (sky) + 气 (air/qi) → "sky's air". Direct cognate with Japanese 天気 tenki. Korean uses nalssi natively but the Hanja 天氣 exists archaically.

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Japanese cognate of 天气?