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Definition 2025

See also: 気候 and 气候

		gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged	wait
trad. (氣候)		氣	候
simp. (气候)		气	候

氣候 (classifier 種／种 (zhǒng))

climate (an area's typical weather pattern)
氣候變化 / 气候变化 ― qìhòu biànhuà ― climate change
climate (a particular situation)
政治氣候 / 政治气候 ― zhèngzhì qìhòu ― political climate

Hanja in this term
氣	候

氣候 • ‎(gihu) ‎(hangeul 기후)

Hán tự in this word
氣	候

氣候

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qìhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chihhow
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei³ hau⁶
  - Yale: hei hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei³ hau⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³³ hɐu̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: khì-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qie'hau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ haʊ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ haʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ haʊ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ haʊ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ haʊ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: qi hheu (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³³ ɦɜ⁴⁴/