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气候

qì hòu 4–4

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

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 4 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
气 · 候
Syllables
2
qì hòu
Frequency
Less common
corpus count 6,570

Part of speech: n

Character by character

  • 气qì4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 氣steam, vapor; Kangxi radical 84
  • 候hòu10 strokesHSK 1wait; expect; visit; greet

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 气候. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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