describing the weather
30.8A formal and very polite way to inquire about the age of an older person is:您今年高寿？
您今年高壽？
Nín jīnnián gāoshòu?
How old are you?(^) Note 几/幾 jh is a classifier that is used to ask about small numbers. therefore, it is appropriate to use when
asking the age of young children, but not when asking the age of older people.
C28.6
30.8 Describing the weather
30.8.1 Statements that describe the weather
Here are common Mandarin expressions used when discussing the weather. Notice that there
is no word in Mandarin that is equivalent to the ‘it’ used in weather descriptions in English.
Mandarin weather descriptions often begin with the verb and do not have a subject.
天气/天氣 舒服 涼快
tiānqì shūfu liángkuai
weather comfortable cool
闷热/悶熱 冷 暖和
mēnrè lěng nuǎnhuo
muggy; hot and humid cold warm
热/熱 多云/多雲 温和/溫和
rè duō yún wēnhé
hot cloudy mild
下雪 下雨 刮风/刮風
xià xuě xià yǔ guā fēng
snowing raining windy今天的天气很好。
今天的天氣很好。
Jīntiān de tiānqì hěn hǎo.
Today’s weather is very good.
昨天很闷热。
昨天很悶熱。
Zuótiān hěn mēnrè.
Yesterday was very humid and hot.
今天多云。
今天多雲。
Jīntiān duō yún.
Today it is cloudy. (used in weather reports)
昨天的天气很舒服。
昨天的天氣很舒服。
Zuótiān de tiānqì hěn shūfu.
Yesterday’s weather was very comfortable.
昨天很凉快/冷/热/暖和。
昨天很涼快/冷/熱/暖和。
Zuótiān hěn liángkuai/lěng/rè/nuǎnhuo.
Yesterday was cool/cold/hot/warm.