春 chūn — spring (the season)
chūn (first tone, high and level)chun1
spring (the season)
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)noun
Meanings
spring (the season)
The first of the four seasons. On its own 春 belongs to written Chinese and to compounds — 春节, the Spring Festival; in conversation you say 春天.
noun
Example sentences
- 春天来了，花都开了。春天來了，花都開了。Chūntiān (first tone, high and level) lái (second tone, rising) le, (neutral tone) huā (first tone, high and level) dōu (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level) le. (neutral tone)···
Spring has come and the flowers are all out.
- 我最喜欢春天，不冷也不热。我最喜歡春天，不冷也不熱。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) zuì (fourth tone, falling) xǐhuan (third tone, dipping) chūntiān, (first tone, high and level) bù (fourth tone, falling) lěng (third tone, dipping) yě (third tone, dipping) bú (second tone, rising) rè. (fourth tone, falling)···
Spring is my favourite season — neither cold nor hot.