HSK 6 · Nature

风暴 fēngbào “storm” in Chinese

Traditional 風暴

What 风暴 means

  1. storm
  2. tempest
  3. upheaval
  4. violent commotion
  5. fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)

How to say 风暴

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale风fēng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale暴bào4th tone, falling

风暴 in a sentence

  1. 今天许多学校因为风暴停课。

    Jīntiān xǔduō xuéxiào yīnwèi fēngbào tíngkè.

    Many schools are closed today because of the storm.

    Sentence #5637365 from Tatoeba

  2. 因为风暴，他们晚到了。

    Yīnwèi fēngbào, tāmen wǎn dào le.

    They were late because of the storm.

    Sentence #1415803 from Tatoeba

  3. 风暴之后不久，天空就晴朗起来了。

    Fēngbào zhīhòu bùjiǔ, tiānkōng jiù qínglǎng qǐlai le.

    The sky cleared soon after the storm.

    Sentence #1878418 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 风暴 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 风 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
风fēngwind
  • 几table · jī
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidSimplified from 風. Picture a sail 几 filled by the wind, with a swirl 乂 inside: wind.

The character 暴 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
暴bàosudden
  • 日sun · rì
  • 共all · gòng
  • 水water · shuǐ

How to write 风暴

风 4 strokes · 暴 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 风暴

Words with 风

风fēng · wind刮风guāfēng · windy风险fēngxiǎn · risk风俗fēngsú · social custom风格fēnggé · style风景fēngjǐng · scenery麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)风味fēngwèi · local flavour风度fēngdù · manner风趣fēngqù · witty

Words with 暴

暴露bàolù · to expose暴力bàolì · violence

More words: Nature & Environment

飞禽走兽fēiqínzǒushòu · birds and beasts沸腾fèiténg · to boil肥沃féiwò · fertile (of soil)飞翔fēixiáng · to fly风光fēngguāng · scenery丰收fēngshōu · bumper harvest腐烂fǔlàn · to rot干旱gānhàn · drought

FAQs

风暴 (fēngbào) means “storm” or “tempest”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fēngbào: fēng with a 1st tone, then bào 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, 风暴 is written 風暴. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fengbao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 风暴 from the suggestions. Typing fengbao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
风暴 is an HSK 6 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.