晚风 (wǎn fēng) — evening breeze

Definition

noun
evening breeze
Measure word · 阵

Examples

  • 晚风。
    Xià tiān de wǎn fēng hěn liáng shuǎng.
    The summer evening breeze is very cool.
  • 晚风，。
    wǎn fēng Chuī guò lái, dài zhe huā xiāng.
    The evening breeze blows over, carrying the scent of flowers.
  • 晚风。
    Tā zuò zài hú biān xiǎng shòu wǎn fēng.
    He sat by the lake enjoying the evening breeze.

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.

晚wǎnevening
风fēngwind

晚 specifies evening, and 风 is the breeze, giving evening breeze.

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
日日rì
Sound part声符shēngfú
免
免miǎn晚wǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

晚 pairs 日, the sun part, with 免, which supplies the sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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