🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

季风

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jìfēng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Monsoon/mɒnˈsuːn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"季风带来了丰沛的降雨。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, bringing heavy rains.

    "The monsoon season is crucial for the agricultural cycle in India."
  2. 2

    The rainy season associated with these winds.

    "During the monsoon, the streets often flood due to the intense rainfall."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the 16th-century Portuguese 'monção', which came from the Arabic 'mawsim', meaning 'season' or 'time'. Historically used by Arab navigators in the Indian Ocean to describe the seasonally reversing winds and associated rains.

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