cháng 常 often chángcháng 常常 often cháoshǐ 潮湿 to be humid chéng 城 city, town chèngli 城里 in the city chūntiān (chūntian) 春天 spring dōngtiān (dōngtian) 冬天 winter duǎn 短 to be short fēng 风 wind fěngjǐng 风景 scenery fùjìn (fùjìn) 附近 area, neighborhood guā 刮 to blow (of wind, typhoons, etc.) hǎibiān(r) 海边（儿） seashore hé 河 river hú 湖 lake huánjìng 环境 environment juéde 觉得 to feel kāishǐ 开始 to begin, to start kōngqì (kōngqi) 空气 air kōngqì wūrǎn 空气污染 air pollution lěng 冷 to be cold liángkuai 凉快 to be cool líkāi 离开 to leave nuǎnhuo 暖和 to be warm qìhòu (qìhou) 气候 climate qíng 清 to be clear qǐngjìng 请静 to be quiet qiūtiān (qiūtian) 秋天 fall, autumn rè 热 to be hot rénkǒu 人口 population sēnlín 森林 forest shān 山 mountain shǎo 少 to be few; seldom táifēng 台风 typhoon tiān 天 sky, heaven tiānqì (tiānqi) 天气 weather tīngshuō 听说 to hear that, to hear it said wūrǎn 污染 pollution xiǎng 想 to miss, to think of xiāngxià (xiāngxià) 乡下 to he in the country, the countryside xiàtiān (xiàtiān) 夏天 summer xià xuě 下雪 to snow xià yǔ 下雨 to rain xīnxiān (xīnxian) 新鲜 fresh yǒu(de) shíhou 有的时候 sometimes zuì 最 most, -est zuǒyòu 左右 approximately, about