夏季
xià jì
Pinyin

Definition

夏季
 - 
xià jì
  1. summer

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冬季
dōng jì
  1. 1 winter
夏
Xià
  1. 1 the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
  2. 2 Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)
  3. 3 surname Xia
夏天
xià tiān
  1. 1 summer
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
季
Jì
  1. 1 surname Ji
四季
sì jì
  1. 1 four seasons, namely: spring 春, summer 夏, autumn 秋 and winter 冬

Idioms (2)

夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)

Sample Sentences

到了汉代，皇宫里夏季便有了“清凉殿”，内有多重降温装置，以石头为床，用玉晶盘装冰块，还有人站在一旁对着扇扇子，清凉无比。
dào le Hàndài ，huánggōng lǐ xiàjì biàn yǒu le “qīngliáng diàn ”，nèi yǒu duōchóng jiàngwēn zhuāngzhì ，yǐ shítou wèi chuáng ，yòng yù jīng pán zhuāng bīngkuài ，háiyǒu rén zhàn zài yīpáng duì zhe shān shànzi ，qīngliáng wúbǐ 。
In the Han Dynasty, the palace had a "cool hall" in the summer, with multiple cooling devices inside, such as a stone bed, plates made from jade crystals to store ice cubes and people using fans. The coolness was incomparable.
Go to Lesson