HSK · Level 104
45 words
Chinese word
摄氏度
Pronunciation
Pinyinshè shì dù
Meaning
- noundegree Celsius
Example
今天的气温是30摄氏度。jīn tiān de qì wēn shì 30 shè shì dù
Today's temperature is 30 degrees Celsius.
More examples
那天夜里气温降到零下5摄氏度。nà tiān yè lǐ qì wēn jiàng dào líng xià 5 shè shì dù
The temperature fell to minus 5 degrees Celsius that night.
Core concept
A temperature unit anchored at 0 for water's freezing point and 100 for its boiling point under standard atmospheric pressure.
Common phrases
气温为摄氏度qì wēn wèi shè shì dù
temperature in degrees Celsius
降到摄氏度jiàng dào shè shì dù
fall to degrees Celsius
上升了几摄氏度shàng shēng le jǐ shè shì dù
rise by several degrees Celsius
Similar words
温度wēn dù: The measured hotness or coldness of something or the air.
度dù: A unit for stating a temperature as a number of degrees.
华氏度huá shì dù: A unit for temperature, with water freezing at 32 and boiling at 212.
Definition in Chinese
以水在标准大气压下的冰点和沸点为参照的温度单位，记作摄氏度，符号为℃。yǐ shuǐ zài biāo zhǔn dà qì yā xià de bīng diǎn hé fèi diǎn wèi cān zhào de wēn dù dān wèi jì zuò shè shì dù fú hào wèi
Word origin
The name 摄氏度 (shèshìdù, "degree Celsius") is a Chinese transliteration of Celsius followed by the ordinary Chinese unit word for a degree.
Usage tips
- In casual weather conversation, the number often carries the unit when Celsius is obvious, while the full unit or ℃ makes the meaning clearer in writing or when scales could be confused.
Opposites
- 华氏度huá shì dùdegree Fahrenheitnoun
Related words
- 摄氏温度shè shì wēn dùCelsius temperaturenoun
- 摄氏温标shè shì wēn biāoCelsius scalenoun