秋天 qiūtiān autumn
How to remember 秋天: 秋 autumn + 天 day = autumn.
Characters
How it is used
- Autumn/fall as a season - 秋天到了 (qiūtiān dào le) autumn has arrived.
- The 天 (tiān) here means 'season', parallel to 春天/夏天/冬天 (chūn/xià/dōng tiān). More colloquial than the bare literary 秋 (qiū) used in compounds like 中秋 (Zhōngqiū) Mid-Autumn.
Example sentences
- 秋天到了。 Qiūtiān dào le.Autumn is here.
- 现在是秋天。 Xiànzài shì qiūtiān.It's fall now.
- 秋天是收获的季节。 Qiūtiān shì shōuhuò de jìjié.Autumn is the harvest season.