晴 (qíng): sunny
晴 (qíng) is a Chinese character meaning “sunny.” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 青 (phonetic). It ranks #1941 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 晴 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- sunny
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 晴
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晴天 | qíng tiān | clear sky |
| 放晴 | fàng qíng | (of weather) to clear up |
| 晴天霹雳 | qíng tiān pī lì | lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) |
| 雨过天晴 | yǔ guò tiān qíng | sky clears after rain |
| 晴空万里 | qíng kōng wàn lǐ | a clear and boundless sky |
| 晴好 | qíng hǎo | bright and sunny weather |
| 晴雨表 | qíng yǔ biǎo | (lit. and fig.) barometer |
| 晴时多云 | qíng shí duō yún | mostly sunny |
| 开晴 | kāi qíng | to brighten up |
| 晴天娃娃 | qíng tiān wá wa | teru teru bōzu (traditional Japanese doll hung outside windows in hope of sunny weather) |
| 晴雨 | qíng yǔ | rain or shine |
| 晴隆县 | qíng lóng xiàn | Qinglong, a county in Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔西南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 xi1 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2... |
| 晴隆 | qíng lóng | see 晴隆縣|晴隆县[Qing2 long2 Xian4] |
| 诈晴 | zhà qíng | to clear up (of weather after rain) |
| 崭晴 | zhǎn qíng | clear weather |
晴 appears in 16 compound words: 69 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 晴 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
sky clears after rain; new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom); every cloud has a silver lining (idiom)
Example Sentences
今天天气晴朗，适合户外活动，我们一起去爬山吧。
Jīntiān tiānqì qínglǎng, shìhé hùwài huódòng, wǒmen yìqǐ qù páshān ba.
Today's weather is sunny and suitable for outdoor activities; let's go hiking together.
珍惜生命|天水圍天晴邨28歲男墮樓 當場證實不治
zhēn xī shēng mìng tiān shuǐ 圍 tiān qíng 邨 歲 nán 墮 樓 當 場 證 實 bù zhì
Cherish Life | 28-Year-Old Man Falls from Apartment in Tin Shui Wai, Declared Dead at the Scene
未來一週先晴後雨 228連假降雨機率高
wèi 來 yī 週 xiān qíng 後 yǔ 連 jiǎ jiàng yǔ 機 lǜ gāo
Sunny and then rainy in the coming week 228 Holidays with high rainfall chances
被困晴空塔升降機長達5個半小時 約20人全部獲...
bèi kùn qíng kōng tǎ shēng jiàng 機 長 達 個 bàn xiǎo 時 約 rén quán bù 獲 . . .
Trapped in the Skytree elevator for five and a half hours, all 20 people were...
東京晴空塔爆電梯急墜事故 約20人受困5.5小...
東 jīng qíng kōng tǎ bào 電 tī jí 墜 shì gù 約 rén shòu kùn . xiǎo . . .
About 20 people were trapped in an elevator crash at the TOKYO SKYTREE 5.5 hours...
「那边的天气怎么样？」「天气晴朗。」
「 nàbian de tiānqì zěnmeyàng?」「 tiānqì qínglǎng.」
"What is the weather like over there?" "It's nice."
晴朗的天气增加了野营的乐趣。
Qínglǎng de tiānqì zēngjiā le yěyíng de lèqù.
The sunny weather made camping even more fun.
我想知道天会不会变晴。
Wǒ xiǎng zhīdào tiān huìbùhuì biàn qíng.
I wonder if it will be sunny outside.
而在晴天的时候鸽子们都飞回家了。
ér zài qíngtiān de shíhou gēzi men dōu fēi huíjiā le.
And on sunny days all the pigeons flew home.
天气八成在一个小时之内就会放晴。
Tiānqì bāchéng zài yī gè xiǎoshí zhīnèi jiù huì fàngqíng.
Ten to one it'll clear up in an hour or so.
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