Tropical Storm Fung-Wong reached southern Taiwan last week, becoming the first typhoon to make landfall in the past 58 years. With Taiwan’s weather changing so dramatically lately, let’s learn a few words to describe it.

●Words to Know:

1. 落雨 lo̍h-hōo (v.) raining

2. 好天 hó-thinn (n.) a sunny and comfortable day

3. 風真透 hong tsin thàu (phr.) really windy

4. 寒 kuânn (adj.) cold

5. 熱 lua̍h (adj.) hot

●PHRASE of the week:

鳳凰風颱 hòng-hông hong-thai

Fung-Wong (Phoenix) typhoon