HSK 6 · Nature

台风 táifēng “typhoon” in Chinese

Traditional 颱風

What 台风 means

  1. typhoon

How to say 台风

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale台tái2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale风fēng1st tone, high and level

台风 in a sentence

  1. 由于台风原因，很多航班被取消了。

    Yóuyú táifēng yuányīn, hěn duō hángbān bèi qǔxiāo le.

    Many flights were cancelled because of the typhoon.

    Sentence #750159 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 台风正接近日本。

    Táifēng zhèng jiējìn Rìběn.

    A typhoon is approaching Japan.

    Sentence #834327 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 台风天记得把窗台上的盆景拿下来。

    Táifēng tiān jìde bǎ chuāngtái shàng de pénjǐng ná xiàlai.

    On typhoon days, remember to take the bonsai off the windowsill.

    Sentence #10269025 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 台风 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 台 (tái) with each of its parts in a different colour
台táiyou
  • 厶private · sī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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.

How to write 台风

台 5 strokes · 风 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 台风

Words with 台

台tái · measure word for machines (a TV电台diàntái · radio station台阶táijiē · steps阳台yángtái · balcony柜台guìtái · sales counter

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

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FAQs

台风 (táifēng) means “typhoon”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it táifēng: tái with a 2nd tone, then fēng with a 1st 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, 台风 is written 颱風. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type taifeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 台风 from the suggestions. Typing taifeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
台风 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.