下雨天 (xià yǔ tiān) — rainy day | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

rainy day

Measure word · 个

下雨天。
xià yǔ tiān Wǒ xǐ huan dāi zài jiā lǐ kàn shū.
On rainy days I like to stay home and read.
下雨天，。
xià yǔ tiān Lù hěn huá, kāi chē yào xiǎo xīn.
The roads are slippery on rainy days, so drive carefully.
下雨天。
xià yǔ tiān Chū mén bié wàng le dài sǎn.
Don't forget to bring an umbrella when going out on a rainy day.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

下雨

动宾Verb + object

下雨 describes rain falling, and 天 makes it a day of rain.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 雨 is an old picture of a cloud with rain drops falling from it; the top line was added later.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape comes from a frontal standing man 大 with a head; 天 pairs 大 with 丁 for sound.

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