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刮风
guāfēng
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- pinyin
- guāfēng
- simplified
- 刮风
- traditional
- 颳風
1 · verb
Weather with enough moving air for the wind to be clearly felt.
空气流动明显、能感觉到风的天气状态。
Use It is windy; in Chinese, 今天刮风 or 风很大 is common.
It may be too windy for the outdoor signs.
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风可能太大，不适合摆室外标牌。
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2 · verb phrase
For the wind to be blowing, as a description of the weather.
风在吹，常用来描述天气。
刮风 is a verb phrase; natural English forms include the wind is blowing and it is windy.
The wind has picked up outside, and the clothes on the balcony keep swaying.
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外面刮风了，阳台上的衣服不停地晃动。
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There is no wind today, and the lake is calm.
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今天没有刮风，湖面很平静。
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Mandarin reading: guāfēng.
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windy — Weather with enough moving air for the wind to be clearly felt.