旱季 (hàn jì) — dry season

Definition

noun
dry season

Examples

  • 旱季,。
    hàn jì De shí hou, zhè lǐ jī hū bú xià yǔ.
    During the dry season, it hardly rains here.
  • 旱季。
    Nóng mín zài hàn jì lái lín qián chǔ bèi le zú gòu de shuǐ.
    The farmers stored enough water before the dry season arrived.
  • 旱季。
    Xǔ duō yóu kè xuǎn zé zài hàn jì qù fēi zhōu kàn yě shēng dòng wù.
    Many tourists choose to go to Africa during the dry season to see wildlife.

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.

季jìseason

The '旱' dry sense specifies the kind of '季' season.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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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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