Chinese Weather Vocabulary

The 15 beginner words (A1–A2) for weather, with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.

Weather Basics

A1–A2
EnglishChineseTypeLevel
cloudy多云的duo yun deadjA1
coldlengadjA1
hotreadjA1
rainyunounA1
rainy多雨的duo yu deadjA1
sunny阳光明媚yang guang ming meiadjA1
snowxuenounA2
wet湿的shi deadjA2
windy多风的duo feng deadjA2

Weather Intermediate

A2
EnglishChineseTypeLevel
fogwunounA2
front锋面feng miannounA2
storm风暴feng baonounA2
temperature温度wen dunounA2

Extreme Weather & Natural Events

A2
EnglishChineseTypeLevel
earthquake地震di zhennounA2

Everyday Weather

A2
EnglishChineseTypeLevel
thunderstorm雷雨lei yunounA2

The A1–A2 words are here. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The weather packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

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