晴

• Pinyin: qíng
• Hanzi breakdown: 晴 = 日 (sun, semantic) + 青 (green/blue, phonetic component)

Meaning

Clear; sunny; fine weather. Describes a sky without clouds or rain.

A weather-specific adjective meaning clear or sunny. The opposite of 阴 (yīn, cloudy/overcast). Used in weather reports and daily conversation about the weather. Common in compounds like 晴天 (sunny day), 晴朗 (clear and bright), and 转晴 (to clear up).

Examples

1. 今天是晴天，我们去公园吧。 Today is sunny — let's go to the park.
2. 天气预报说明天会转晴。 The weather forecast says it will clear up tomorrow.
3. 已经连续晴了好几天了。 It has been sunny for several days in a row.

Usage Guide

Context: weather, outdoor plans, daily conversation

Tone: positive

Do Say

• 今天天气很晴。(The weather is very clear today.)
• 希望明天是晴天。(I hope tomorrow will be sunny.)

Don't Say

• 不要混淆晴和清 (晴 with 日 means sunny weather; 清 with 氵means clean or clear — they sound similar but have different meanings and radicals)

Origin & History

Phonosemantic compound: 日 (rì, sun) as the semantic radical + 青 (qīng) as the phonetic component. The sun radical directly indicates the meaning — when the sun is visible, the sky is clear.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal