寒风 (hán fēng) — cold wind

Definition

noun
cold wind
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Examples

  • 寒风
    Wài miàn guā zhe cì gǔ de hán fēng, nǐ duō chuān diǎn yī fu.
    A biting cold wind is blowing outside; put on more clothes.
  • 寒风
    hán fēng Zhōng, tā dú zì zǒu zài kōng dàng dàng de jiē shàng.
    In the cold wind, he walked alone on the empty street.
  • 寒风
    Dōng tiān de hán fēng chuī dé rén liǎn shēng téng.
    The cold wind in winter makes people's faces ache.

Origin

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.

寒 gives the cold quality, and 风 names the moving air.

Characters in this word

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

  • miánhouse
  • rénperson
  • mǎnggrass

寒 shows 宀 (house), 人 (person), and 茻 (grass): a person sleeping in grass inside a house to keep out the cold.

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