春游 (chūn yóu) — spring outing, spring picnic

Definition

noun

spring outingspring picnic

Measure word · 次

春游。
Xué xiào měi nián dōu zǔ zhī yí cì chūn yóu.
The school organizes a spring outing every year.
，春游。
Míng tiān tiān qì hěn hǎo, wǒ men qù chūn yóu ba.
The weather will be nice tomorrow; let's go on a spring outing.
春游。
Zhè cì chūn yóu de mù dì dì shì jiāo wài de gōng yuán.
The destination of this spring outing is a park in the suburbs.

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 spring tells when the 游 outing happens, giving a spring outing.

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

斿

斿yóu游yóu

Same sound today

游 combines 水 (water) with 斿, which gives the sound yóu and also relates to travelling.