Meaning
clear; fine (weather)
Chinese: 天空无云或少云。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qing” becomes a different word in each tone. 晴 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 晴天qíng tiānclear sky; sunny day
- 晴朗qíng lǎngsunny and cloudless
- 晴好qíng hǎobright and sunny weather
- 开晴kāi qíngto brighten up
- 放晴fàng qíng(of weather) to clear up
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Example Sentence
雨过天晴，天空格外晴朗。Yǔ guò tiān qíng, tiān kōng gé wài qíng lǎng.After the rain, the sky is especially clear.
雨过天晴Yǔ guò tiān qíngsky clears after rain，天空tiān kōngsky格外gé wàiextra晴朗qíng lǎngsunny and cloudless。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The sun radical 日 (meaning) plus 青 (qīng, sound): a clear blue sky with the sun out — ‘sunny / fine’.
A way to remember it
Sun (日) + the sound 青 — clear, sunny.
Easy to confuse with
- 清‘Clear (water)’: the same 青 sound, but with the water radical 氵.