HSK 6 · Nature

温带 wēndài “temperate zone” in Chinese

Traditional 溫帶

What 温带 means

  1. temperate zone

How to say 温带

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale温wēn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale带dài4th tone, falling

温带 in a sentence

  1. 我国是温带气候。

    Wǒguó shì wēndài qìhòu.

    Our country has a temperate climate.

    Sentence #785181 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 温带 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 温 (wēn) with each of its parts in a different colour
温wēnwarm; lukewarm
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 昷warmSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 昷 () hints at the sound. Compare it with wēn.

The character 带 (dài) with each of its parts in a different colour
带dàiband
  • 卅thirty · sà
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 巾napkin · jīn

Memory aidDrawn from a belt with cloth 巾 hanging from it: a belt, to carry.

How to write 温带

温 12 strokes · 带 9 strokes

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

Words related to 温带

Words with 温

温度wēndù · temperature温暖wēnnuǎn · warm温柔wēnróu · gentle温和wēnhé · mild

Words with 带

带dài · band带来dàilái · to bring (about)系领带jì lǐngdài · to tie a tie带领dàilǐng · to lead携带xiédài · to carry (on one’s person)磁带cídài · cassette tape

More words: Nature & Environment

台风táifēng · typhoon天然气tiānránqì · natural gas田野tiányě · fields土壤tǔrǎng · soil窝wō · nest溪xī · stream霞xiá · rosy clouds汹涌xiōngyǒng · surging

FAQs

温带 (wēndài) means “temperate zone”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wēndài: wēn with a 1st tone, then dài 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, 温带 is written 溫帶. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wendai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 温带 from the suggestions. Typing wendai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
温带 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.