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夏季 (xià jì) — summer

Definition

noun
summer

Examples

  • 夏季，。
    Wǒ zuì xǐ huan xià jì, yīn wèi kě yǐ chī hěn duō xī guā.
    I like summer best because I can eat a lot of watermelon.
  • 夏季，。
    xià jì De tiān qì hěn rè, jì de duō hē shuǐ.
    The weather in summer is hot; remember to drink plenty of water.
  • 夏季。
    Wǒ men dǎ suàn xià jì qù hǎi biān dù jià.
    We plan to go to the beach for vacation in 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.

夏xiàsummer
季jìseason

'夏' (summer) and '季' (season) combine to mean the summer season.

Characters in this word

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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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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