Talking about the weather in Chinese

The Chinese word for weather is 天tiān气qì, here is a vocabulary list and some example phrases.

Chinese Weather Vocabulary

Chinese	English
天tiān气qì tiān​qì	Weather
下xià雨yǔ xià​yǔ	Raining
晴qíng天tiān qíng​tiān	Sunny / Clear
下xià雪xuě xià​xuě	Snowing
有yǒu雾wù的de yǒu wù de	Foggy
热rè rè	Hot
暖nuǎn和huo nuǎn​huo	Warm
凉liáng爽shuǎng liáng​shuǎng	Cool
冷lěng lěng	Cold
霜shuāng冻dòng shuāng​dòng	Frost
滑huá雪xuě huá​xuě	Skiing

Chinese Weather Phrases

Asking about the weather in Chinese

Chinese	English
天tiān气qì很hěn好hǎo tiān​qì hěn hǎo	The weather is very good! – weather 天tiān气qì – very good 很hěn好hǎo
天tiān气qì怎zěn么me样yàng？? tiān​qì zěn​me​yàng?	What’s the weather? – weather 天tiān气qì怎zěn么me样yàng？? – how about? 怎zěn么me样yàng
星Xīng期qī三sān的de天tiān气qì怎zěn样yàng？? Xīng​qī​sān de tiān​qì zěn​yàng?	What was the weather like on Wednesday? – Wednesday 星Xīng期qī三sān – <possession> – weather 天tiān气qì – how? 怎zěn样yàng？?
本běn周zhōu末mò的de天tiān气qì怎zěn样yàng？? běn zhōu​mò de tiān​qì zěn​yàng?	What’s the weather this weekend? – this weekend 本běn周zhōu末mò – <possession> 的de – weather 天tiān气qì
天tiān气qì还hái是shi很hěn好hǎo tiān​qì hái​shi hěn hǎo	The weather is still good / remains fine. – weather 天tiān气qì – still 还hái是shi – very good 很hěn好hǎo
纽Niǔ约yuē的de天tiān气qì怎zěn样yàng？? Niǔ​yuē de tiān​qì zěn​yàng?	What is the weather like in New York? – New York 纽Niǔ约yuē – <possession> 的de – weather 天tiān气qì – how? 怎zěn样yàng？?
上shàng周zhōu天tiān气qì怎zěn么me样yàng？? shàng​zhōu tiān​qì zěn​me​yàng?	What was the weather like last week? – last week 上shàng周zhōu – weather 天tiān气qì – how about? 怎zěn么me样yàng？?

Chinese Temperature Phrases 热

Chinese	English
天tiān气qì太tài冷lěng了le tiān​qì tài lěng le	The weather is very cold – weather 天tiān气qì – too 太tài – cold 冷lěng – <particle> 了le
今jīn天tiān太tài热rè了le jīn​tiān tài rè le	Today (it’s) too hot. – today 今jīn天tiān – too 太tài – hot 热rè – <particle> 了le
天tiān气qì这zhè么me暖nuǎn和huo tiān​qì zhè​me nuǎn​huo	The weather is so hot – weather 天tiān气qì – so (very) 这zhè么me – warm 暖nuǎn和huo
我wǒ很hěn冷lěng wǒ hěn lěng	I’m very cold – I 我wǒ – very 很hěn – very 冷lěng

Chinese Raining Phrases 下雨

Chinese	English
又yòu下xià雨yǔ了le yòu xià​yǔ le	It’s raining again. – again 又yòu – raining 下xià雨yǔ – past tense / change of state 了le
雨yǔ不bù停tíng的de下xià yǔ bù​tíng de xià	It’s raining non-stop – rain 雨yǔ – non-stop 不bù停tíng – falling 下xià
昨zuó天tiān一yī整zhěng天tiān都dōu在zài下xià雨yǔ	Yesterday it rained all day – yesterday 昨zuó天tiān – all day 一yī整zhěng天tiān – all in the process of 都dōu在zài – raining 下xià雨yǔ

Chinese Snowing Phrases 下雪

Chinese	English
很hěn多duō雪xuě hěn duō xuě	a lot of snow – a lot 很hěn多duō – snow 雪xuě
下xià雪xuě xià​xuě	snowing – 下xià – 雪xuě
昨zuó天tiān下xià雪xuě了le zuó​tiān xià​xuě le	yesterday it snowed – yesterday 昨zuó天tiān – snowing 下xià雪xuě – <past tense> 了le
开kāi始shǐ下xià雪xuě了le kāi​shǐ xià​xuě le	it’s starting to snow – starting 开kāi始shǐ – snow 下xià雪xuě – <change of state> 了le
我wǒ以yǐ为wéi不bù会huì下xià雪xuě了le wǒ yǐ​wéi bù​huì xià​xuě le	I thought it wasn’t going to snow – I 我wǒ – thought 以yǐ为wéi – would not 不bù会huì – snow 下xià雪xuě – <particle>

Chinese Fog Phrases 雾

Chinese	English
今jīn天tiān下xià雾wù了le	It’s foggy today – today 今jīn天tiān – fog 下xià雾wù – <particle> 了le
雾wù还hái挺tǐng大dà的de	The fog is quite heavy – fog 雾wù – additionally 还hái – rather 挺tǐng – big / great 大dà – <particle> 的de
今jīn天tiān早zǎo上shang雾wù很hěn大dà	It was very foggy this morning – today 今jīn天tiān – morning 早zǎo上shang – fog 雾wù – very 很hěn – big 大dà