春雨 (chūn yǔ) — spring rain | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

spring rain

Measure word · 阵

春雨，。
Wǒ xǐ huan chūn tiān de chūn yǔ, wēn róu yòu qīng xīn.
I like the spring rain—it's gentle and refreshing.
春雨。
Zhè chǎng chūn yǔ ràng dà dì chōng mǎn le shēng jī.
This spring rain fills the earth with vitality.
春雨、。
Jiāng nán de chūn yǔ zǒng shì xì xì de, mián mián de.
Spring rain in Jiangnan is always fine and continuous.

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 gives the season and 雨 means rain, so 春雨 is rain in spring.

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.

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.