qiū tiān
automne; automne
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秋天到了，天气变凉了。
qiū tiān dào le, tiān qì biàn liáng le.
Autumn is here, the weather is getting cooler.
秋天是收获的季节。
qiū tiān shì shōu huò de jì jié.
Autumn is the season of harvest.
秋天，树叶变黄了。
qiū tiān, shù yè biàn huáng le.
In autumn, the leaves turn yellow.
秋季 (qiūjì)
autumn season
金秋 (jīnqiū)
golden autumn
春天 (chūn tiān)
spring
夏天 (xià tiān)
summer
The Chinese word 秋天 (qiūtiān) for "autumn" is composed of two characters: 秋 (qiū) and 天 (tiān). The character 秋 originally meant "harvest" or "autumn harvest". It is composed of the radical 禾 (hé), which represents grain or crops, and the phonetic component qiu, which is thought to be related to the sound of reaping or harvesting. The character 天 (tiān) originally meant "sky" or "heaven". It is composed of the radical 大 (dà), which represents greatness or largeness, and the phonetic component tian, which is thought to be related to the sound of the sky. When combined, the characters 秋 and 天 form the word 秋天 (qiūtiān), which refers to the season of autumn.
