小雨 (xiǎo yǔ) — drizzle | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

drizzle

Measure word · 阵

小雨。
Wài miàn zhèng zài xià xiǎo yǔ.
It's drizzling outside.
小雨。
Jīn tiān xià wǔ yǒu yì chǎng xiǎo yǔ.
There will be a drizzle this afternoon.
小雨，。
Suī rán zhǐ shì xiǎo yǔ, wǒ hái shì dài le yì bǎ sǎn.
Even though it's just drizzle, I still brought an umbrella.

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.

小 describes the rain as fine and light, giving the sense of drizzle.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 小 comes from three small dots, later elongated into its strokes; the apparent parts 八 and 丨 are a later way of seeing it.

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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