晴好 (qíng hǎo) — fine and clear (of weather) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

adjective

fine and clear (of weather)

Examples

晴好，。
Jīn tiān tiān qì qíng hǎo, shì hé chū qù zǒu zǒu.
The weather is fine and clear today, suitable for a walk.
晴好。
qíng hǎo De tiān qì ràng rén xīn qíng yú kuài.
Fine and clear weather makes people happy.
晴好。
Zhè ge xīng qī yī zhí qíng hǎo.
It has been fine and clear all this week.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

晴 means clear and 好 means good, so the word describes fine weather.

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.

日青晴

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

青qīng晴qíng

Same sound today

晴 puts 日, the sun, beside 青, which gives its sound.

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

女子好

女女nǚwoman
子子zǐchild

好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), understood as a woman with a child, linked to goodness or affection.

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