温度 wēndù temperature
How to remember 温度: 温 warm + 度 degree = temperature.
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How it is used
- Temperature - 温度很高 (wēndù hěn gāo) the temperature is high; 室内温度 indoor temperature.
- 温 (warm) + 度 (degree); the general word for temperature of air, water, body, etc.
- Contrast 气温 (qìwēn), specifically air/weather temperature; 温度 is temperature in any context.
Example sentences
- 室外的温度很高。 Shìwài de wēndù hěn gāo.The outside temperature is very high.