市气象局

市氣象局

shì qìxiàngjú

noun

Meanings

1 municipal meteorological bureau (city-level weather service office)

Characters

city; municipal

phenomenon; appearance

Examples

HSK 5

根据市气象局的预报，明天会下雪。

Gēnjù shì qìxiàngjú de yùbào, míngtiān huì xiàxuě.

According to the municipal weather bureau's forecast, it will snow tomorrow.

HSK 7-9

市气象局发布了暴雨蓝色预警。

Shì qìxiàngjú fābù le bàoyǔ lánsè yùjǐng.

The municipal meteorological bureau issued a blue rainstorm warning.

Tips

culture

中国气象局 (CMA) sits at the national level, with 省气象局 and 市气象局 operating at provincial and city levels. They issue the color-coded warnings: 蓝 (blue), 黄 (yellow), 橙 (orange), 红 (red) - standard language you'll hear in any Chinese weather app or news broadcast.

usage

The 市 prefix marks it as city-level; drop it and you get the generic 气象局. Because weather warnings are ubiquitous on Chinese media, 气象局 appears in daily news far more often than most other bureaus.

Stroke Order

市 shì

气 qì

象 xiàng

局 jú