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Talking about the weather in Mandarin follows a slightly different structure to English, but it¡¯s simple enough to pick up.

Talking about the weather in Mandarin

In English, you might be asked:

How is the weather today?

You can ask this in Mandarin by saying:

½ñÌìµÄÌìÆøÔõôÑù£¿ J¨©n ti¨¡n de ti¨¡n q¨¬ z¨§n me yang?

Breaking this question down, you can start to see the structural differences between Mandarin and English:

½ñÌìµÄ J¨©n ti¨¡n de (Today's) ÌìÆø ti¨¡n q¨¬ (weather) ÔõôÑù£¿ z¨§n me yang? (how is?)

Some key terms when talking about the weather in Mandarin include:

Or, to describe the temperature in Mandarin, you could use:

Try adding ºÜ ³ó¨§²Ô (very) to any of these for more extreme weathers in Mandarin, eg ºÜÈÈ ³ó¨§²Ô °ù¨¨ (very hot).

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To create a statement in Mandarin from the above words, there are four verb options:

• ½ñÌì J¨©n ti¨¡n - Today, eg hot and cold

• ½ñÌìÊÇ J¨©n ti¨¡n ²õ³ó¨¬ - Today is, eg sunny and cloudy

• ½ñÌìÓÐ J¨©n ti¨¡n ²â¨¯³Ü - Today has, eg fog

• ½ñÌìÏ J¨©n ti¨¡n ³æ¾±¨¤ - Today falls, eg rain and snow

• ½ñÌì¹Î J¨©n ti¨¡n ²µ³Ü¨¡ - Today blows, eg wind

Seasons in Mandarin

Instead of ¡®today¡¯, you may want to talk about the weather in specific seasons in Mandarin.

For example, in Mandarin you could say:

• ¶¬ÌìºÜÀä D¨­ng ti¨¡n ³ó¨§²Ô ±ô¨§²Ô²µ - In Winter it is very cold

• ÇïÌì¾­³£¹Î·ç Qi¨± ti¨¡n j¨©ng ch¨¢ng ²µ³Ü¨¡ f¨¥ng - In Autumn it is often windy

Places in Mandarin

If you want to talk about the weather of a specific place in Mandarin, you simply add the name of that place between ½ñÌì J¨©n ti¨¡n (Today) and the weather.

For example in Mandarin you could say:½ñÌìÓ¢¸ñÀ¼ºÜÈÈ J¨©n ti¨¡n Y¨©ng g¨¦ l¨¢n ³ó¨§²Ô °ù¨¨ - Today it is very hot in England

The literal translation for this is ½ñÌì J¨©n ti¨¡n (Today) Ó¢¸ñÀ¼ Y¨©ng g¨¦ l¨¢n (England) ºÜÈÈ ³ó¨§²Ô °ù¨¨ (very hot).