Today’s weather is pretty noteworthy here in Beijing, as it’s pretty cloudy (unusual for a dry place) and the temperature has dropped from recent comfortable levels.
I sent out a request for a weather report using my cellphone (a request for 天气查询) and here’s what I got: [bolding mine]
北京23日白天： 阴天间多云有阵雨。 偏南风2， 3级， 最高15. 夜间阴有阵雨南转北风2， 3级， 最低7.
Based on this, it looks like for April 23, Beijing will be cloudy during the day with showers and south winds of category 2 and 3 with a high of 15C. Tonight the weather will still be cloudy with showers with the winds shifting to the north still at category 2 and 3 with a low of 7C.
Words:
天气 tian1qi4 weather
查询 cha2xun2 look up
白天 bai2tian1 during the day, daytime
阴天 yin1tian1 cloudy
多云 duo1yun2 cloudy
阵雨 zhen4yu3 showers
偏 pian1 tending
级 ji2 category
夜间 ye4jian1 nighttime
转 zhuan3 changing/shifting
What weather terms would you like to learn about in Chinese? Does the place where you are have any unique weather patterns?
