今夏 (jīn xià) — this summer

Definition

noun
this summer

Examples

  • 今夏。
    jīn xià Wǒ dǎ suàn qù hǎi biān dù jià.
    This summer I plan to go on a beach vacation.
  • 今夏。
    jīn xià De tiān qì bǐ qù nián rè hěn duō.
    This summer's weather is much hotter than last year.
  • 今夏。
    Tā men jīn xià yào jǔ bàn yì chǎng yīn yuè huì.
    They are going to hold a concert this summer.

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.

今jīnthis
夏xiàsummer

今 gives this, 夏 gives summer; together this summer.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

One explanation sees the shape as an upside-down mouth with a line below it, giving the idea of not speaking.

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

  • 日日rìsun
  • 頁頁yèhead; man

Some scholars connect 夏 to 日 (sun) and 頁 (head; man), reading it as a man under the sun, but this is uncertain.

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