冷锋 (lěng fēng) — cold front (meteorology) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

cold front (meteorology)

Measure word · 个

Easily confused

冷风lěng fēngsound-alikecold wind; chilly breeze

Examples

冷锋。
Yì gǔ qiáng lěng fēng zhèng zài cóng xī biān yí dòng guò lái.
A strong cold front is moving in from the west.
冷锋，。
lěng fēng Guò jìng hòu, qì wēn huì xià jiàng shí dù zuǒ yòu.
After the cold front passes, the temperature will drop by about ten degrees.
冷锋。
Qì xiàng tái yù bào běn zhōu mò yǒu lěng fēng lái xí.
The weather bureau forecasts a cold front this weekend.

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.

冷 means cold and 锋 means front, so a cold front.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 鋒; 锋 is its simplified writing.

金夆鋒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

夆

夆páng鋒fēng

Same sound today

The traditional form 鋒 pairs 金 (metal) with a sound part 夆; the simplified 锋 is a shorthand.

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