天气
HSK 1 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)Old HSK 1
天气 (tiānqì) · weather
天气 (tiānqì) means “weather”. It is written with 2 characters: 天 (day) + 气 (air). It is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 天气 is built
The characters
天 tiān · day
What 天 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
Origin hint: The heavens 一 above a man 大 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
气 qì · air
What 气 is made of
- 亻rén — person
Origin hint: A person 亻 breathing air (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
今天天气很好。Jīntiān tiānqì hěn hǎo.The weather is nice today.
明天天气怎么样？Míngtiān tiānqì zěnmeyàng?What will the weather be like tomorrow?
Questions about 天气
What does 天气 mean?
天气 (tiānqì) means “weather”.
How do you pronounce 天气?
天气 is pronounced tiānqì.
Which HSK level is 天气?
天气 is in HSK 1 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021) and Old HSK 1.
Related words
- 白天báitiāndaytime
- 半天bàntiānhalf a day
- 后天hòutiānday after tomorrow
- 今天jīntiāntoday
- 明天míngtiāntomorrow
- 前天qiántiānday before yesterday
- 星期天xīngqītiānSunday
- 昨天zuótiānyesterday
- 春天chūntiānspring (season)
- 冬天dōngtiānwinter
Learn 天气 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 16: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.