晴天 (qíng tiān) — sunny day, fine day | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sunny dayfine day

Measure word · 个

Examples

晴天，。
Jīn tiān shì gè qíng tiān, wǒ men qù gōng yuán ba.
Today is a sunny day, let's go to the park.
晴天。
qíng tiān De tiān qì ràng rén xīn qíng hěn hǎo.
Sunny weather makes people feel great.
晴天，。
Zuó tiān shì qíng tiān, suǒ yǐ hěn duō rén dōu chū qù wán le.
Yesterday was a sunny day, so many people went out to have fun.

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.

The clear, sunny sense of 晴 describes the day 天.

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.

日青晴

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

青

青qīng晴qíng

Same sound today

晴 puts 日, the sun, beside 青, which gives its sound.

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

丁dīng天tiān

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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