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Air conditioning in Chinese

air conditioning · HSK 3

空调 kōng tiáo

  1. 空 kōng empty
  2. 调 diào to transfer

Counted with 台: 一台空调 yì tái kōngtiáo

太热了，开空调吧。 It's too hot, let's turn on the air conditioner.

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How do you say air conditioning in Chinese?

Air conditioning in Chinese is 空调 (kōng tiáo).

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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