夏日 (Xià rì) — summer day (literary) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A literary or poetic word for 'summer day,' written rather than everyday spoken. Compare with 夏天 (xiàtiān), the plain common word for the season.

noun

summer day (literary)

Measure word · 个

夏日，。
Zhè ge Xià rì, yáng guāng gé wài míng mèi.
This summer day, the sunlight is especially bright.
夏日。
Tā xǐ huan zài Xià rì qù hǎi biān sàn bù.
She likes to go for walks at the seaside on summer days.
夏日。
Xià rì De chán míng shēng ràng rén gǎn dào níng jìng.
The chirping of cicadas on a summer day makes people feel peaceful.

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.

日rìsun or day

“夏” gives summer and “日” gives sun or day, so summer day or summer sun.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

Some scholars connect 夏 to 日 (sun) and 頁 (head; man), reading it as a man under the sun, but this is uncertain.

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

日 originally drew the sun. A mark was added inside to tell it apart from similar square shapes.

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