jì jié
season
现在是夏天，天气很热。
xiànzài shì xiàtiān, tiānqì hěn rè.
It's summer now, the weather is very hot.
我喜欢春天，因为春天很美。
wǒ xǐhuān chūntiān, yīnwèi chūntiān hěn měi.
I like spring because spring is very beautiful.
秋天是收获的季节。
qiūtiān shì shōuhuò de jìjié.
Autumn is the harvest season.
时节 (shí jié)
season
季节性 (jì jié xìng)
seasonality
非季节 (fēi jìjié)
off-season
反季节 (fǎn jìjié)
counter-season
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The Chinese word 季节 (jìjié) for "season" is composed of two characters: 季 (jì) and 节 (jié). The character 季 originally meant "the end of a year" or "the last month of a season". It is composed of the character 禾 (hé), which means "rice plant", and the character 子 (zǐ), which means "son". This suggests that the character 季 may have originally been used to refer to the time of year when the rice harvest was completed. The character 节 originally meant "a joint" or "a node". It is composed of the character 竹 (zhú), which means "bamboo", and the character 夭 (yāo), which means "to die". This suggests that the character 节 may have originally been used to refer to the time of year when the bamboo shoots emerged from the ground. Over time, the characters 季 and 节 came to be used together to refer to the four seasons of the year.
