气候
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
气候 (qìhòu) · climate
气候 (qìhòu) means “climate”. It is written with 2 characters: 气 (air) + 候 (time). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 气候 is built
The characters
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)
候 hòu · time
What 候 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 矦hóu — target in archery
Origin hint: 亻 gives the meaning, 矦 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里的气候很好。Zhèlǐ de qìhòu hěn hǎo.The climate here is very good.
你习惯北京的气候吗？Nǐ xíguàn Běijīng de qìhòu ma?Are you used to Beijing's climate?
Questions about 气候
What does 气候 mean?
气候 (qìhòu) means “climate”.
How do you pronounce 气候?
气候 is pronounced qìhòu.
Which HSK level is 气候?
气候 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 不客气bùkèqiyou are welcome
- 生气shēngqìangry
- 天气tiānqìweather
- 空气kōngqìair
- 气温qìwēnair temperature
- 力气lìqiphysical strength
- 暖气nuǎnqìheating
- 气球qìqiúballoon
- 勇气yǒngqìcourage
- 运气yùnqiluck
Learn 气候 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 59: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.