Chinese weather terms (Chinese weather vocabulary)

This is a good site to listen and drill your vocabulary about weather. Learn about all these descriptive words and more.
Link: http://hua.umf.maine.edu/Chinese/topics/wether1/douying.html
bad, vile, nasty

恶 劣

e4lie4

to blow gently (wind)

习 习

xi2xi2

to blow (said of wind)

刮 风

gua1 (feng1)

light breeze

轻 风

qing1 feng1

fine, bright, clear (of weather)

qing2

to be caught in the rain, to be drenched (literally – to drench wet)

淋 湿

lin2shi1

a clear day, clear sky

晴 朗 的 天 空

climate

气 候

qi4hou4

cloudy day, overcast day (looks like it could rain)

阴 天

yin1tian1

cloudy, partly cloudy (the sun is in and out of the clouds)

多 云

duo1yun2

cold

leng3

ice-cold

冰 凉

bing1liang2

cold, frigid, glacial, poor (used in combination with other syllables)

han2

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