夏季
HSK 4 (2021)
夏季 (xiàjì) · summer
夏季 (xiàjì) means “summer”. It is written with 2 characters: 夏 (summer) + 季 (season). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 夏季 is built
The characters
夏 xià · summer
What 夏 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 自zì — self
- 目mù — eye
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 二 — two strokes
- 目mù — eye
- 夂zhǐ — to go
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 又yòu — (once) again
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
这里的夏季很热。Zhèlǐ de xiàjì hěn rè.Summer here is very hot.
你喜欢夏季还是冬季？Nǐ xǐhuan xiàjì háishi dōngjì?Do you like summer or winter?
Questions about 夏季
What does 夏季 mean?
夏季 (xiàjì) means “summer”.
How do you pronounce 夏季?
夏季 is pronounced xiàjì.
Which HSK level is 夏季?
夏季 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 夏天xiàtiānsummer
- 夏令营xiàlìngyíngsummer camp
- 夏xiàsummer
- 春季chūnjìspring (season)
- 冬季dōngjìwinter
- 季度jìdùquarter (of a year)
- 季节jìjiéseason
- 秋季qiūjìautumn
- 淡季dànjìoff season
- 季军jìjūnthird place
Learn 夏季 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 89: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.