This document provides Chinese vocabulary words and example sentences related to seasons, weather, and vacations. It introduces words for spring, summer, autumn, winter and the four seasons in Chinese. Example sentences are given to demonstrate words for climate, temperature, the different seasons, as well as vacation-related words like "spring break", "winter break", and "summer vacation". Supplementary vocabulary is also provided at the end for words like "vacation", "weather", and "long".

1. Chinese Link Textbook
Lesson 17
Vocabulary
Joanne Chen
2016

2. 1.春天 chuntian, spring
春天就要来了。
 Chūntiān jiùyào lái le!
 Spring is coming.

3. Radical
http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chinese_radical_index
http://www.archchinese.com/arch_chinese_radicals.html
A Chinese radical (Chinese: 部首;
pinyin: bùshǒu; literally: "section
header") is a graphical component of a
Chinese character under which the
character is traditionally listed in a
Chinese dictionary.

4. 2.久 jiǔ, for a long time
很久 hěn jiǔ
 Very long
多久了？Duō jiǔ le?
 How long (length of time)

5. 3 时间 shí jiān, time
时间过得很快.
 shíjiān guò de hěn kuài.
 Time goes by very fast.

6. 4 过 guò, to pass
春假过得很快.
 Chūnjià guò de hěn kuài.
 Spring break went by very fast.

7. 5 放 fàng, to start a vacation, to let go
放假 fàngjià, have vacation
放学 fàngxué, school dismissed
你什么时候放假？
我三月十四号放春假.

8. 6 春假 chūnjià, spring break
我们快要放春假了
 Wǒmen kuài yào fang chūnjià le
 We will start spring break soon.
我们的春假是从三月十四号到三月十八号.
春假有一个星期.
放春假的时候，你要去哪儿？

9. 7 气候 qìhòu, climate
 气 qì, air
 气候 qìhòu, climate
 天气 tiānqì, weather
 空气 kōngqì, air
 气温 qìwēn, temperature
我们这儿的气候春夏秋冬都有。
Wǒmen zhèr de qìhòu chūn xià qiū dōng dōu yǒu.
We have all four seasons here.

10. 8 夏 xià, summer
夏天 xiatiān, summer
这里的夏天热极了。
Zhè lǐ de xiàtiān rè jíle.
Summer here is very hot!

11. 9 秋 qiū, autumn
秋天有时候会刮风,下雨。
 Qiūtiān yǒu shíhòu huì guāfēng ,xiàyǔ.
 In the fall, sometime it’s windy and rainy.

12. 10 冬dōng, winter
冬天 dōngtiān, winter
冬季 dōng jì
今年冬天非常冷。
 Jīnnián dōngtiān fēicháng lěng.

13. 11. 其中 qízhong, among
春夏秋冬，其中，我最喜欢秋天.
Chūn xià qiū dōng , qízhōng wǒ zuì xǐhuān qiūtiān.
 I like fall the best among the four seasons.

14. 12 最zuì, the most
最好
最快 / 最慢
最冷 /最热
最大 /最小
北京最热的时候，会到华氏一百度

15. 13 暖和 nuǎnhuō
房间里面很暖和.
 Fángjiān lǐmiàn hěn nuǎnhuō.
 It is warm in the room.

16. 14 短duǎn,short /长cháng,long
春假很短，很快就开学了
 Chūnjià hěnduǎn, hěnkuài jiù kāixué le.
 Spring break is short, school start soon.

17. 15. 有时候
yǒushíhòu, sometimes
有时候我们吃日本菜，有时候我们吃中国菜
 Yǒu shíhòu wǒmen chī rìběncài, yǒu shíhòu wǒmen chī
zhōngguó cài.
 Sometimes we eat Japanese food, sometimes we eat Chinese food.

18. 16 热rè, hot
很热
太热了
非常热

19. 17. 华氏huá shì, Fahrenheit
摄氏shè shì , Celsius
今天太热了，有华氏一百度
Jīntiān tài rè le, yǒu huáshì yìbǎi dù.
It is 100 degree today.

20. 18 百 bǎi, hundred
一百块
一百岁
一百号

21. 19 度 dù, degree
一百度

22. 20 极 jí， extremely
好极了
热极了
冷极了
忙极了

23. 21 刮风 guā fēng, windy

24. 22. 下雨 xià yǔ, rain

25. 23 冷 lěng, cold

26. 24 下雪 xiàxuě, to snow

27. 25 见面 jiàn miàn,
to meet each other
我们常常见面。
 Wǒmen chángcháng jiànmiàn.
 We meet each other often.

28. 1 放假 fàng jià,
to have a vacation
Supplementary Vocabulary
我们明天就放假了.
 Wǒmen míngtiān jiù fàngjià le.
 We start our vacation tomorrow.

29. 2 寒假 hánjià,
winter vacation
我们快要放寒假了。
 Wǒmen kuài yào fang hánjià le.
 We will have winter break soon.

30. 3 暑假 shǔjià,
summer vacation
放暑假的时候我想去中国玩。
Fàng shǔjià de shíhòu wǒ xiǎng qù zhōngguó wán.
I plan to go to China during summer vacation.

31. 4 假期 jiaqī, vacation

32. 5 四季jì, four seasons
春夏秋冬
 Chūn xià qiū dōng

33. 6 天气 tianqì, weather
气温 qìwēn, temperature

34. 7 晴qíng, sunny /
阴yīn, cloudy / 涼liáng, cool

35. 8 长 cháng, long
长城很长。
 Chángchéng hěn cháng.
 Great wall is very long.