春天 (chūn tiān) — spring (season) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

spring (season)

Measure word · 个

春天，。
chūn tiān Dào le, tiān qì hěn nuǎn huo.
Spring has come, and the weather is very warm.
春天。
Wǒ zuì xǐ huan chūn tiān hé qiū tiān.
I like spring and autumn the most.
春天。
chūn tiān Wǒ men qù gōng yuán kàn huā.
In spring we go to the park to see flowers.

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.

春 names the season and 天 marks a stretch of time, so together they mean springtime.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

艸艸cǎograss

Sound part声符shēngfú

屯

屯tún春chūn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

春 combines 艸 (grass) and 日 (sun) with 屯, which supplies the sound and is described as a swollen sprout.

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

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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