Meaning of 秋天
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- autumn
Measure word: 個|个
How to use 秋天
秋天 is the everyday word for autumn and often comes with weather talk or travel plans. Example: 北京的秋天很美。(Běijīng de qiūtiān hěn měi.) Autumn in Beijing is beautiful.
秋 (qiū) shows 禾 (grain) next to 火 (fire). Picture grain fields turning fire-colored at harvest, and 天 (tiān) means sky or season, so 秋天 is the harvest season, autumn.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 秋 with the parts reversed, putting 火 on the left. The grain part 禾 always goes on the left. Also remember that 秋 is first tone (qiū), not third tone.
秋天 in example sentences
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秋 qiū · autumn · 9 strokes
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天 tiān · day · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 秋天.
| 今天 | jīntiān | today; the present time; now |
| 明天 | míngtiān | tomorrow |
| 昨天 | zuótiān | yesterday |
| 天气 | tiānqì | weather |
| 白天 | báitiān | daytime; during the day |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 后天 | hòutiān | the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie |
| 半天 | bàntiān | half of the day; a long time |
| 前天 | qiántiān | the day before yesterday |
| 夏天 | xiàtiān | summer |
| 春天 | chūntiān | spring (season) |
| 冬天 | dōngtiān | winter |
Questions about 秋天
What does 秋天 mean?
秋天 (qiūtiān) means "autumn" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 秋天?
秋天 is made of 2 characters: 秋 (9 strokes), 天 (4 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 秋天 an HSK word?
Yes. 秋天 is on the HSK 2 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do you say the other seasons in Chinese?
They follow the same pattern with 天: 春天 (chūntiān) spring, 夏天 (xiàtiān) summer, 秋天 (qiūtiān) autumn, and 冬天 (dōngtiān) winter.
How do I say "in autumn" in Chinese?
Put 秋天 at the start of the sentence or before the verb. You do not need a word for "in": 我秋天去中国。(Wǒ qiūtiān qù Zhōngguó.) I am going to China in autumn. You can also say 在秋天, but the shorter form is more common.