回南天
wui4 naam4 tin1huí nán tiān
English
- weather phenomenon characterized by condensation of warm moist air on cool surfaces during the transition from winter to spring in Southern China
- when weather turns warm and humid due to southerly airstream, affecting the southern provinces of China during Spring
- continuous warm and wet weather between spring and summer in southern China; literally "return south"
粵語 — Cantonese
- 一種華南嘅氣候現象;大概春天嘅時候,來自太平洋帶有大量水汽嘅南風吹向中國大陸,令天氣開始回暖同濕度大幅上升,甚至會出現傢私、地板、牆壁出水嘅情況
Examples
今日回南,咩衫都唔乾。
It is starting to "return south" today, it's so humid that washed clothes do not dry.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk