HSK 4 · Nature

气候 qìhòu “climate” in Chinese

Traditional 氣候

What 气候 means

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

How to say 气候

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale气qì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale候hòu4th tone, falling

气候 in a sentence

  1. 岛上气候怎么样？

    Dǎo shàng qìhòu zěnmeyàng?

    What’s the climate like on the island?

    Sentence #899351 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我不能适应这里的气候。

    Wǒ bùnéng shìyìng zhèlǐ de qìhòu.

    I can’t get used to the climate here.

    Sentence #6091818 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你最喜欢什么气候？

    Nǐ zuì xǐhuan shénme qìhòu?

    What kind of climate do you like best?

    Sentence #876149 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 气候 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 气 (qì) drawn as one shape
气qìgas; air

气 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidDrawn from layers of vapour rising: air, steam, breath.

The character 候 (hòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
候hòuto wait
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 矦target in archery · hóuSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 矦 (hóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with hòu.

How to write 气候

气 4 strokes · 候 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

气候 (qìhòu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 气候 (qìhòu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 气候

Words with 气

天气tiānqì · weather不客气bú kèqi · you’re welcome生气shēngqì · angry气qì · air力气lìqi · strength空气kōngqì · air脾气píqi · temper淘气táoqì · naughty小气xiǎoqì · stingy气氛qìfēn · atmosphere

Words with 候

时候shíhou · time小时候xiǎoshíhou · in one’s childhood问候wènhòu · to give one’s respects伺候cìhou · to serve等候děnghòu · to wait候选hòuxuǎn · candidate

More words: Nature, Animals & Weather

海洋hǎiyáng · ocean火huǒ · fire景色jǐngsè · scenery空气kōngqì · air森林sēnlín · forest温度wēndù · temperature阳光yángguāng · sunshine叶子yèzi · leaf

In the Chinese zodiac

猴hóu · Year of the Monkey

候 shares its sound part with 猴 (monkey).

FAQs

气候 (qìhòu) means “climate” or “(meteorology) climate”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it qìhòu: qì with a 4th tone, then hòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 气候 is written 氣候. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qihou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 气候 from the suggestions. Typing qihou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
气候 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.