雨季 (yǔ jì) — rainy season

Definition

noun
rainy season

Examples

  • 雨季
    Qù lǚ yóu qián zuì hǎo bì kāi yǔ jì.
    It's best to avoid the rainy season before traveling.
  • 雨季
    Nán fāng de yǔ jì tōng cháng chí xù hǎo jǐ gè yuè.
    The rainy season in the south usually lasts several months.
  • 雨季
    yǔ jì Yí dào, shān lù jiù hěn nán zǒu le.
    Once the rainy season arrives, the mountain roads become hard to travel on.

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.

rain
season

雨 is rain, and 季 is a season, so the word names the season marked by frequent rain.

Characters in this word

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

The shape 雨 is an old picture of a cloud with rain drops falling from it; the top line was added later.

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

季 is formed by placing 禾 above 子.

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