树荫 (shù yīn) — shade of a tree | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

shade of a tree

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树荫。
Wǒ men zuò zài shù yīn xià kàn shū.
We sat under the tree shade and read.
，树荫。
Xià tiān de shí hou, shù yīn tè bié liáng kuai.
In summer, tree shade is especially cool.
树荫。
Tā xǐ huan zài shù yīn xià sàn bù.
She likes to take a walk in the tree shade.

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.

树 means tree and 荫 means shade, naming the shade cast by a tree.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樹; 树 is its simplified writing.

木尌樹

Meaning part形符xíngfú

木木mùtree

Sound part声符shēngfú

尌

尌shù樹shù

Same sound today

Originally 尌, 'to plant a tree', was written alone; the traditional form 樹 adds 木, 'tree', to it to differentiate.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蔭; 荫 is its simplified writing.

艹陰蔭

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艹Written in full as艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

陰

陰yīn蔭yìn

Same sound today

The traditional form 蔭 has 艹 (grass) and 陰 (shade), with 陰 giving the sound; 荫 is a later simplified form.

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