Meaning of 气温
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- air temperature
How to use 气温
气温 is the word you hear in weather reports and use when talking about how hot or cold it is outside. It often pairs with 高 (gāo) or 低 (dī), and with verbs like 上升 (rise) or 下降 (drop). Example: 今天气温很低。(Jīntiān qìwēn hěn dī.) The temperature is low today.
气 (qì) means air or gas, and 温 (wēn) means warm, as in 温暖 (wēnnuǎn). Put them together and you get how warm the air is: the air temperature.
Common mistake: Learners often use 气温 for any temperature, but it only means air temperature. For water, body or an oven, use 温度 (wēndù), or 体温 (tǐwēn) for body temperature. Also do not describe 气温 as 热 or 冷 directly. Say 气温很高 rather than 气温很热.
气温 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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气 qì · gas · 4 strokes
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温 wēn · warm · 12 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 气温.
| 生气 | shēngqì | to get angry; to be furious; vitality; liveliness |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 不客气 | bù kèqì | you're welcome; don't mention it |
| 空气 | kōngqì | air; atmosphere |
| 温度 | wēndù | temperature |
| 温暖 | wēnnuǎn | warm |
| 气候 | qìhòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 运气 | yùnqi | luck (good or bad) |
| 勇气 | yǒngqì | courage |
| 力气 | lìqi | physical strength |
| 气球 | qìqiú | balloon |
| 暖气 | nuǎnqì | central heating; heater |
Questions about 气温
What does 气温 mean?
气温 (qìwēn) means "air temperature" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 气温?
气温 is made of 2 characters: 气 (4 strokes), 温 (12 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 气温 an HSK word?
Yes. 气温 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 气温 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 气温 is written 氣溫.
What is the difference between 气温 and 天气?
天气 (tiānqì) is the weather in general, including rain, wind and sun. 气温 is only the temperature of the air. You might say 天气很好，气温二十度 (the weather is nice, the temperature is twenty degrees).
How do you say the temperature in degrees with 气温?
Use a number plus 度 (dù), which in China means degrees Celsius. For example, 气温三十度 (qìwēn sānshí dù) means the temperature is 30 degrees. For below zero, say 零下 (língxià), as in 零下五度 (minus five degrees).