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Learn Chinese 12 : What's the weather like here?

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Wǒ zhù zài Bīn Zhōu Pittsburgh.
我住在宾州Pittsburgh。
我住在賓州 Pittsburgh。
I live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Zhèlǐ tiānqì hén hǎo.
这里天气很好。
這裡天氣很好。
The weather here is very nice.
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Yì nián yǒu sì ge jìjié: chūtiān, xiàtiān, qiūtiān hé dōngtiān.
一年有四个季节：春天、夏天、秋天和冬天。
一年有四個季節：春天、夏天、秋天和冬天。
There are four seasons in a year: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter.
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Chūntiān tiānqì hěn shūfu.
春天天气很舒服。
春天天氣很舒服。
The weather in Spring is very comfortable.
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Bù lěng yě bú rè.
不冷也不热。
不冷也不熱。
It is neither cold nor hot.
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Xiàtiān bǐjiào rè.
夏天比较热。
夏天比較熱。
It is fairly hot in Summer.
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Yìbān shì bāshí dù dào jiǔshí dù.
一般是八十度到九十度。
一般是八十度到九十度。
It is usually 80 to 90 degrees.
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Yǒude shíhou jiǔshí duō dù.
有的时候九十多度。
有的時候九十多度。
Sometimes, it is more than 90 degrees.
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Qiūtiān shì zuì hǎo de jìjié.
秋天是最好的季节。
秋天是最好的季節。
Fall is the best season.
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Bù cháng xià yǔ.
不常下雨。
不常下雨。
It does not rain often.
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Dōngtiān bǐjiào lěng.
冬天比较冷。
冬天比較冷。
It is fairly cold in Winter.
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Yǒushíhou xià xuě.
有时候下雪。
有時候下雪。
It snows sometimes.
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Kěshì xuě bú tài dà.
可是雪不太大。
可是雪不太大。
But snow is not too heavy.
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Zhù zài Pittsburgh búcuò.
住在Pittsburgh不错。
住在 Pittsburgh 不錯。
It is not bad to live in Pittsburgh.
Notes
  • 'bù lěng yě bú rè' means 'neither cold nor hot'. The construction of 'bù...yě...' is a commonly used one in Chinese, e.g.

    'bú kuài yě bú màn' [neither fast nor slow]
    'bù nán yě bù róngyì' [neither difficult nor easy]

  • 'dào' in 'bāshí dù dào jiǔshí dù' indicates a range '80 degrees to 90 degrees'. More examples:

    'yì tiān dào liǎng tiān' [one to two days]
    'yì nián dào sān nián' [one to three years]

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