春季 (chūn jì) — spring (season) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

spring (season)

Examples

春季。
chūn jì Shì yì nián zhōng zuì shū fu de jì jié.
Spring is the most comfortable season of the year.
春季。
Měi nián chūn jì wǒ dōu huì qù gōng yuán shǎng huā.
Every spring I go to the park to enjoy the flowers.
春季。
Jīn nián chūn jì lái de tè bié zǎo.
Spring came especially early this year.

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.

季jìseason

春 gives spring and 季 gives season, so together they name the spring season.

Characters in this word

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

艸艸cǎograss

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

屯

屯tún春chūn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

春 combines 艸 (grass) and 日 (sun) with 屯, which supplies the sound and is described as a swollen sprout.

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

禾子季

禾禾hé
子子zǐ

季 is formed by placing 禾 above 子.

Appears in

Climate & Seasons

Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.