HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Time

秋天 qiūtiān “autumn” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 秋天 means

  1. autumn

Measure word 个 gè · 一个秋天 yí ge qiūtiān

How to say 秋天

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale秋qiū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale天tiān1st tone, high and level

秋天 in a sentence

  1. 秋天到了。

    Qiūtiān dào le.

    Autumn is here.

    Sentence #1218350 from Tatoeba

  2. 春天和秋天，你更喜欢哪个？

    Chūntiān hé qiūtiān, nǐ gèng xǐhuan nǎge?

    Which do you prefer, spring or autumn?

    Sentence #335123 from Tatoeba

  3. 秋天，叶子会落下。

    Qiūtiān, yèzi huì luòxià.

    The leaves fall in autumn.

    Sentence #667351 from Tatoeba

How 秋天 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 秋 (qiū) with each of its parts in a different colour
秋qiūautumn
  • 禾grain · hé
  • 火fire · huǒ

Memory aidPicture grain 禾 ripening under a fiery 火 sun: autumn.

The character 天 (tiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
天tiānday
  • 一one · yī
  • 大big · dà

Memory aidA person 大 with the sky 一 above: sky, heaven, day.

How to write 秋天

秋 9 strokes · 天 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 秋天

Words with 秋

秋qiū · autumn

Words with 天

天tiān · day今天jīntiān · today明天míngtiān · tomorrow昨天zuótiān · yesterday天气tiānqì · weather白天báitiān · daytime星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday聊天liáotiān · to chat夏天xiàtiān · summer冬天dōngtiān · winter

More words: Time & Dates

新年xīnnián · New Year冬天dōngtiān · winter春天chūntiān · spring (season)假期jiàqī · holiday半天bàntiān · half a day前天qiántiān · the day before yesterday后天hòutiān · the day after tomorrow四季sìjì · the four seasons

FAQs

秋天 (qiūtiān) means “autumn”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it qiūtiān: qiū with a 1st tone, then tiān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 秋天 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one autumn is 一个秋天 (yí ge qiūtiān).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiutian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 秋天 from the suggestions. Typing qiutian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
秋天 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.