风景 fēngjǐng scenery
scenery; landscape
How to remember 风景: 风 wind + 景 view = scenery.
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How it is used
- Scenery or landscape, a common noun for natural views: 风景优美 (the scenery is beautiful), 看风景 (take in the view).
- Near-synonym with 景色 (jǐngsè) - the two overlap heavily and are often interchangeable, with 风景 slightly more common in everyday speech and travel talk.
- Frequent in travel writing, photography captions, and casual descriptions of a place.
- Not used for man-made things like buildings unless describing a broader view including them.
Example sentences
- 海边的风景真美。 Hǎibiān de fēngjǐng zhēn měi.The scenery by the seaside is really beautiful.
- 风景对我来说很陌生。 Fēngjǐng duì wǒ láishuō hěn mòshēng.The landscape is unfamiliar to me.
- 汤姆需要换换风景。 Tāngmǔ xūyào huànhuàn fēngjǐng.Tom needs a change of scenery.