khí giời

Hôm nay khí giời thật mát mẻ.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Weather, climate: "khí giời" refers to the atmospheric conditions at a specific place and time, including temperature, humidity, wind, and precipitation. It is a colloquial term.
   • Air, atmosphere: It can also refer to the air or the general atmosphere.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hôm nay khí giời thật mát mẻ. (The weather is very pleasant today.)
  • Khí giời miền Bắc vào đông rất lạnh. (The weather in the North is very cold in winter.)
  • Ngồi ngoài vườn hít thở khí giời trong lành. (Sitting in the garden breathing the fresh air.)

Advanced Usage

• "trái khí giời": This phrase describes a sudden, unusual, or unseasonable change in the weather.
  • Đang hè mà mưa rét, đúng là trái khí giời. (It's summer but it's cold and rainy, truly unseasonable weather.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khí hậu (n): Climate. Refers to the average weather conditions over a long period.
  • Khí hậu nhiệt đới (Tropical climate)
• Thời tiết (n): Weather. A more common and standard synonym for "khí giời".
  • Dự báo thời tiết (Weather forecast)
• Khí trời (n): Air, open air. A variant with the same meaning as "khí giời".
  • Hít thở khí trời (To breathe the open air)

Synonyms

• Thời tiết: Weather.
• Không khí: Air, atmosphere.

Notes on Usage

• "Khí giời" is primarily used in northern Vietnamese dialects and is considered colloquial and somewhat literary or poetic. In formal contexts or southern dialects, "thời tiết" is preferred for "weather".
• The word "giời" is a northern vernacular form of "trời" (sky, heaven). Therefore, "khí giời" literally means "air/sky's air".