秋天
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
秋天 (qiūtiān) · autumn
秋天 (qiūtiān) means “autumn; fall”. It is written with 2 characters: 秋 (autumn) + 天 (day). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 秋天 is built
The characters
秋 qiū · autumn
What 秋 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 火huǒ — fire
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 人rén — person
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
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)
Example sentences
秋天很凉快。Qiūtiān hěn liángkuai.Autumn is nice and cool.
你喜欢秋天吗？Nǐ xǐhuan qiūtiān ma?Do you like autumn?
Questions about 秋天
What does 秋天 mean?
秋天 (qiūtiān) means “autumn; fall”.
How do you pronounce 秋天?
秋天 is pronounced qiūtiān.
Which HSK level is 秋天?
秋天 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 秋季qiūjìautumn
- 秋qiūautumn
- 白天báitiāndaytime
- 半天bàntiānhalf a day
- 后天hòutiānday after tomorrow
- 今天jīntiāntoday
- 明天míngtiāntomorrow
- 前天qiántiānday before yesterday
- 天气tiānqìweather
- 星期天xīngqītiānSunday
Learn 秋天 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 55: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.