气候 qìhòu▶ iklim

Stroke order

气候 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 气 — 4 strokes
• 候 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. (meteorology) climate
2. (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)

Example sentences

• 这里的气候很温和。Zhèlǐ de qìhòu hěn wēnhé.The climate here is very mild.
• 南方的气候比北方湿润。Nánfāng de qìhòu bǐ běifāng shīrùn.The southern climate is more humid than the northern one.

Related words

• 力气Kekuatan
• 空气udara
• 脾气Sifat pemarah
• 勇气keberanian
• 小气Berarti, bermaksud
• 气氛atmosfer

气候 is pronounced qìhòu and means “iklim”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 气候 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.