秋 (qiū) means Autumn (fall - harvest time - a swing). Below are 16 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
秋 天的天气很舒服。
Qiūtiān de tiānqì hěn shūfu.
The weather in autumn is very pleasant.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 秋
秋 天的景色最好看。
Qiūtiān de jǐngsè zuì hǎokàn.
The autumn scenery is the loveliest.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 景色
秋 天树叶纷纷落下。
Qiūtiān shùyè fēnfēn luò xià.
In autumn the leaves fall one after another.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 纷纷
秋 天是吃梨的季节。
Qiūtiān shì chī lí de jìjié.
Autumn is the season for eating pears.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 梨
秋 天是收获的季节。
Qiūtiān shì shōuhuò de jìjié.
Autumn is the harvest season.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 收获
秋 天的叶子是黄色的。
Qiūtiān de yèzi shì huángsè de.
The leaves are yellow in autumn.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 叶子
秋 天是收果实的季节。
Qiūtiān shì shōu guǒshí de jìjié.
Autumn is the season for gathering fruit.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 果实
中 秋 节是团圆的日子。
Zhōngqiū Jié shì tuányuán de rìzi.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 团圆
秋 天树上的叶子都掉了。
Qiūtiān shù shàng de yèzi dōu diào le.
In autumn the leaves all fall from the trees.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 掉
秋 天的谷穗又沉又丰满。
Qiūtiān de gǔsuì yòu chén yòu fēngmǎn.
The autumn ears of grain are heavy and full.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 丰满
秋 天的树叶变成了棕色。
Qiūtiān de shùyè biànchéng le zōngsè.
In autumn the leaves turned brown.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 棕色
秋 天一到，叶子渐渐枯萎。
Qiūtiān yí dào, yèzi jiànjiàn kūwěi.
With autumn the leaves gradually wither.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 枯萎
这种鸟每年 秋 天向南迁徙。
Zhè zhǒng niǎo měi nián qiūtiān xiàng nán qiānxǐ.
This bird migrates south every autumn.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 迁徙
秋 天到了，田里的稻谷金黄一片。
Qiūtiān dào le, tián lǐ de dàogǔ jīnhuáng yí piàn.
Autumn came and the rice in the fields turned golden.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 稻谷
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From the graded readers
中 秋 节是中国最重要的节日之一。
zhōngqiūjié shì zhōngguó zuì zhòngyào de / dì jiérì zhīyī.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of China's most important holidays.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
Questions about 秋
How is 秋 used in a sentence?
This page shows 16 sentences using 秋 (qiū, "Autumn (fall - harvest time - a swing)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 秋 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 秋 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 秋 an HSK word?
Yes — 秋 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 秋?
The dictionary page for 秋 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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