空气污染指数

空氣污染指數

kōngqìwūrǎnzhǐshù

noun

Meanings

1 Air Pollution Index (API)
2 air quality index

Characters

Examples

今天的空气污染指数超过了两百。

Jīntiān de kōngqì wūrǎn zhǐshù chāoguò le liǎngbǎi.

Today's air pollution index exceeded 200.

手机上可以随时查看空气污染指数。

Shǒujī shàng kěyǐ suíshí chákàn kōngqì wūrǎn zhǐshù.

You can check the air pollution index on your phone anytime.

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history

China replaced the old API (空气污染指数) with the stricter AQI (空气质量指数) in 2012, after public outcry over the gap between Chinese official readings and the US Embassy's PM2.5 data in Beijing.

Stroke Order

空 kōng

气 qì

污 wū

染 rǎn

指 zhǐ

数 shù