冬季
HSK 4 (2021)
冬季 (dōngjì) · winter
冬季 (dōngjì) means “winter”. It is written with 2 characters: 冬 (winter) + 季 (season). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 冬季 is built
The characters
冬 dōng · winter
What 冬 is made of
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
- ⺀ — ice
Origin hint: A man walking 夂 on ice ⺀ (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
季 jì · season
What 季 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: The time for planting seeds 子 of grain 禾 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
冬季这里经常下雪。Dōngjì zhèlǐ jīngcháng xiàxuě.It often snows here in winter.
你喜欢冬季运动吗？Nǐ xǐhuan dōngjì yùndòng ma?Do you like winter sports?
Questions about 冬季
What does 冬季 mean?
冬季 (dōngjì) means “winter”.
How do you pronounce 冬季?
冬季 is pronounced dōngjì.
Which HSK level is 冬季?
冬季 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 冬天dōngtiānwinter
- 冬dōngwinter
- 春季chūnjìspring (season)
- 季度jìdùquarter (of a year)
- 季节jìjiéseason
- 秋季qiūjìautumn
- 夏季xiàjìsummer
- 淡季dànjìoff season
- 季军jìjūnthird place
- 四季sìjìthe four seasons
Learn 冬季 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 94: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.