☀ How is the weather today?

Unit 3 · Time, places & getting around (HSK 1) · 7 min

怎么样 asks "how is…?": 今天天气怎么样？ — 今天很热 "It's hot today." 开罗夏天很热，冬天不太冷 "Cairo is hot in summer and not too cold in winter."

Words in this lesson

• 天气 (tiān qì) — weather
• 热 (rè) — hot
• 冷 (lěng) — cold
• 下雨 (xià yǔ) — to rain
• 怎么样 (zěn me yàng) — how is it
• 不太 (bú tài) — not very

不 becomes 2nd tone before a 4th tone: 不太 bú tài.

Project: Log the weather in Chinese for three days in a row.