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冬天
Traditional Chinese
冬天
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
dōng tiān
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
dung1 tin1
Short definition winter
Usage frequency Very common
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All available English definitions winterCdict iconMDBG iconAdso icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: winter
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: sameadso
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: winter; CL:個|个[ge4]
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: winter; winter-time
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: winter'
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冬天(dōng tiān) winter
到了(dào le dào liǎo) finally
天气(tiān qì) weather
变冷( biàn lěng)
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

Winter is here, and the weather's getting cold.

我得( dé)
(mǎi) to purchase
一件(yī jiàn) piece
(xīn) Singapore
冬天(dōng tiān) winter
外套(wài tào) coat

I must buy a new winter coat.

冬天(dōng tiān) winter
到了(dào le dào liǎo) finally
春天(chūn tiān) spring season
还会(háihuì)
(yuǎnyuǎn) far
(ma) (question tag)

Winter is here, spring can't be far?

冬天(dōng tiān) winter
穿(chuān) to wear
羊毛衣 。
We wear wool in winter.

这个(zhè gè) this one
冬天(dōng tiān) winter
我们( men) us
经历(jīng lì) to experience
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright
许多(xǔ duō) many
(chǎng) stage
暴风雨(bào fēng yǔ) tempest

This winter we experienced many rainstorms.

冬天(dōng tiān) winter
经常(jīng cháng) daily
下雪(xià xuě) to snow

There's a lot of snow in the winter.

没有(méi yǒu) not to have
雪的( xuě de) nival
冬天(dōng tiān) winter
不是(bú shì) is not
冬天(dōng tiān) winter

A winter without snow isn't winter.

我想(wǒxiǎng) I guess
知道(zhī dào) to know
这个(zhè gè) this one
冬天(dōng tiān) winter
(zài) (located) at
我们的(wǒmende) our
城市(chéng shì) urban
会不会(huì bù huì) is able to or not
下雪(xià xuě) to snow

I wonder if it will snow in our town this winter.

这里(zhè lǐ) here
(dedì) of
夏天(xià tiān) summer
(hěn) quite
潮湿(cháo shī) damp
另外(lìng wài) another
冬天(dōng tiān) winter
(hěn) quite
干燥(gān zào) arid

It gets very humid here in the summer. In the winter, on the other hand, it gets very dry.

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