Chinese word

台风

Pronunciation

Pinyintái fēng

Meaning

  • nountyphoon

Example

台风要来了，请把窗户关好。tái fēng yào lái le qǐng bǎ chuāng hù guān hǎo

A typhoon is coming, so please close the windows.

Illustration for 台风 (typhoon)

More examples

台风登陆后，沿海地区出现大面积停电。tái fēng dēng lù hòu yán hǎi dì qū chū xiàn dà miàn jī tíng diàn

After the typhoon made landfall, large areas of the coastal region lost power.

Core concept

A rotating tropical storm that gathers force over warm water and threatens land with wind and rain.

Common phrases

  • 台风登陆tái fēng dēng lù

    typhoon makes landfall

  • 台风来袭tái fēng lái xí

    typhoon strikes

  • 台风预警tái fēng yù jǐng

    typhoon warning

Similar words

飓风jù fēng: A powerful tropical storm that brings heavy rain, very strong winds, and widespread damage.
龙卷风lóng juǎn fēng: A small-area storm that suddenly spins and produces extremely strong winds.
暴风雨bào fēng yǔ: A short period of stormy weather with heavy rain and strong winds.

Definition in Chinese

在热带或副热带海面生成并逐渐发展成强烈旋转气旋的天气系统，伴随强风和暴雨，常对沿海地区造成破坏。zài rè dài huò fù rè dài hǎi miàn shēng chéng bìng zhú jiàn fā zhǎn chéng qiáng liè xuán zhuǎn qì xuán de tiān qì xì tǒng bàn suí qiáng fēng hé bào yǔ cháng duì yán hǎi dì qū zào chéng pò huài

Word origin

台 (tái, "Taiwan") + 风 (fēng, "wind") reflects an older regional name for the powerful tropical storms that affect East Asia.

Usage tips

  • Chinese weather reports often use this noun in warnings about a storm's approach, landfall, and effects on coastal life, making it useful in everyday weather conversations.

Opposites

Related words

  • 台风眼tái fēng yǎneye of the typhoonnoun
  • 台风季tái fēng jìtyphoon seasonnoun
  • 台风路径tái fēng lù jìngtyphoon tracknoun

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