冷天 (lěng tiān) — cold weather | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cold weather

Examples

冷天，。
Wǒ zuì bù xǐ huan lěng tiān, yīn wèi tài lěng le.
I dislike cold weather the most because it's too cold.
冷天。
lěng tiān Chū mén yào duō chuān yī fu.
In cold weather, you should wear more clothes when going out.
冷天。
Jīn nián lěng tiān lái de tè bié zǎo.
The cold weather 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.

天tiānweather/day

“冷” (cold) and “天” (weather/day) together name cold 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.

冫令冷

Meaning part形符xíngfú

冫Written in full as仌bīngice

Sound part声符shēngfú

令

令lìng冷lěng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

冷 uses 冫, the ice form, with 令 as a sound part, to mean cold as ice.

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

Sound part声符shēngfú

丁

丁dīng天tiān

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape comes from a frontal standing man 大 with a head; 天 pairs 大 with 丁 for sound.

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