气温
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
气温 (qìwēn) · air temperature
气温 (qìwēn) means “air temperature”. It is written with 2 characters: 气 (air) + 温 (warm). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 气温 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)
温 wēn · warm
What 温 is made of
- 氵shuǐ — water
- 昷wēn — warm
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 皿mǐn — dish
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
Origin hint: 氵 gives the meaning, 昷 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
今天气温很高。Jīntiān qìwēn hěn gāo.The temperature is high today.
明天的气温是多少度？Míngtiān de qìwēn shì duōshǎo dù?What will the temperature be tomorrow?
Questions about 气温
What does 气温 mean?
气温 (qìwēn) means “air temperature”.
How do you pronounce 气温?
气温 is pronounced qìwēn.
Which HSK level is 气温?
气温 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 不客气bùkèqiyou are welcome
- 生气shēngqìangry
- 天气tiānqìweather
- 空气kōngqìair
- 气候qìhòuclimate
- 力气lìqiphysical strength
- 暖气nuǎnqìheating
- 气球qìqiúballoon
- 勇气yǒngqìcourage
- 运气yùnqiluck
Learn 气温 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 42: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.