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晒太阳 (shài tài yáng) — to bask in the sun, to sunbathe

Definition

A set phrase (离合词) meaning to bask in the sun or sunbathe. Split it for aspect or duration: 晒了太阳 / 晒过太阳, or insert a duration with 的: 晒三个小时的太阳.

verb
to bask in the sunto sunbathe

Examples

  • ，晒太阳。
    Tiān qì hǎo de shí hou, wǒ xǐ huan zài yáng tái shài tài yáng.
    When the weather is nice, I like to bask in the sun on the balcony.
  • 。
    Xià wǔ wǒ men qù gōng yuán shài le sān gè xiǎo shí de tài yáng.
    In the afternoon we went to the park and sunbathed for three hours.
  • 晒太阳，。
    Lǎo rén men yì biān liáo tiān yì biān shài tài yáng, fēi cháng shū fu.
    The old people chatted while basking in the sun — very comfortable.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

晒shàisun-dry
太阳sun
太tàigreat阳yángsun
偏正Modifier + head

'晒' sun-dry + '太阳' sun; to dry or warm oneself in the sun.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

太 is a modified form of 大, with an extra dot added to show 'too big'.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 陽; 阳 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
阜阜fùhill
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng陽yáng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 陽, 阜 shows a hill and 昜 is the older character for the word, tied to sunshine and the sound; simplified 阳 is a later shorthand.

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