Chinese Vocabulary about Summer

I believe I am
Born as the bright summer flowers
Do not withered undefeated fiery demon rule
——Tagore

Could you hear the sound of fascinating voice with who stepping on the amazing samba, which comes a pretty lady named Summer (夏天-xià tiān). Summer is a season full of passion and vigor as the bright summer flower blooming even on the edge. There are thousands of works to praise the summer created by numerous grand authors and poets all around the world. Chinese people also enjoy themselves during the summer time even though bearing the high temperature.

Given that you may would like to have a further mind of summers in China, here presented some Chinese vocabularies and phrases about summer.

Firstly, here are some words to describe feelings about summer:

hot: 热（rè）
cool: 凉爽（liáng shuǎng）
sweating: 流汗（chū hàn）
suntanned: 晒黑（shài hēi）
air-condition: 空调（kōng tiáo）
fan: 风扇（fēng shàn）
Then let’s see some flowers and kinds of food in summer:
lotus: 荷花（hé huā）
sunflower: 向日葵（xiàng rì kuí）
epiphyllum: 昙花（tán huā）
watermelon: 西瓜（xī guā）
ice cream: 雪糕（xuě gāo）or 冰淇淋（bīng qī lín）
coconut: 椰子（yē zi）

And do you like to go swimming in the sea or bath in the sunshine on the beach? Here goes some words about that:

sea: 海（hǎi） seaside：海边（hǎi biān）
beach: 沙滩（shā tān）
swim: 游泳（yóu yǒng）
surf: 冲浪（chōng làng）
sunbath: 日光浴（rì guāng yù）
summer vacation: 暑假（shǔ jià）

The followings are some questions and sentences people always talking about in summer:

◆Do you like swimming in summer?
你喜欢在夏天游泳吗？
nǐ xǐhuān zài xià tiān yóu yǒng ma?

◆How do you spend the summer vacation?
你怎样度过暑假呢？
nǐ zěn yàng dù guò shǔ jià ne?

◆I enjoy the time of swimming in sea, bathing in the sunshine and dining with watermelons and coconut milk.
海里游泳，沐浴阳光，吃着西瓜，喝着椰奶，那是我最享受的时光。
（hǎi lǐ yǒu yǒng, mù yù yáng guāng, chī zhe xī guā, hē zhe yē nǎi, nà shì wǒ zuù xiǎng shòu de shí guāng）

Meanwhile, the appreciation about summer among Chinese people is dating back to ancient times, here I’d like to share one ancient poetry with you!

晓出净慈寺送林子方 （By杨万里）
毕竟西湖六月中，风光不与四时同。
接天莲叶无穷碧，映日荷花别样红。

xiǎo chū jìng cí sì sòng lín zǐ fāng (By: Yáng wàn lǐ)
bì jìng xī hú liù yuè zhōng, fēng guāng bù yǔ sì shí tóng
jiē tiān lián yè wú qióng bì, yìng rìhé huā bié yàng hóng

The main idea of this Chinese poem was to present some parts of a scene in summer. The scenery of West Lake was totally different with other seasons in the middle of June, where bright green leaves met the blue air, with profusions of lotus dyed the rivers red.）

Now I think you have already known some expressions about describing summer in Chinese. How about Chinese vocabulary about autumn? Continue to learn with us, click here to book a free trial class.