海风 (hǎi fēng) — sea breeze | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

sea breeze

Measure word · 阵

Examples

海风。
Jīn tiān hǎi fēng hěn dà.
The sea breeze is strong today.
海风。
Wǒ xǐ huan zuò zài shā tān shàng chuī hǎi fēng.
I like sitting on the beach and feeling the sea breeze.
海风。
hǎi fēng Chuī dé rén hěn shū fu.
The sea breeze makes people feel very comfortable.

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.

海 points to the sea and 风 to moving air, giving a breeze from the sea.

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.

氵每海

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

每

每měi海hǎi

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

海 pairs 氵 (water) with 每, which gives the sound. The 氵 side shows it is about water.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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