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Time of year in Chinese

time of year · HSK 3

季节 jì jié

  1. 季 jì season
  2. 节 jié festival

秋天是我最喜欢的季节。 Autumn is my favorite season.

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How do you say time of year in Chinese?

Time of year in Chinese is 季节 (jì jié).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

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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