荫 (yìn): (bound form) shade (of a tree), shade
荫 (yìn) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) shade (of a tree).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural) and 阴 (structural). It ranks #2539 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 荫 shade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- (bound form) shade (of a tree)
- shade
Etymology & Origin
ideographicShade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿱艹阴 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 树荫 | shù yīn | shade of a tree |
| 林荫道 | lín yīn dào | boulevard |
| 荫凉 | yìn liáng | shady and cool |
| 遮荫 | zhē yīn | to provide shade |
| 绿荫 | lǜ yīn | the shade (of a tree) |
| 绿树成荫 | lǜ shù chéng yīn | (idiom) (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage |
| 冬荫功 | dōng yīn gōng | (loanword) tom yum goong (Thai soup) |
| 林荫大道 | lín yīn dà dào | variant of 林陰大道|林阴大道[lin2 yin1 da4 dao4] |
| 封妻荫子 | fēng qī yìn zǐ | to bestow a title on the wife of a deserving official and make his son heir to his titles |
| 林荫路 | lín yīn lù | see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin1 dao4] |
| 曾荫权 | zēng yīn quán | Sir Donald Tsang, aka Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944–), the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2005–2012) |
| 张荫桓 | zhāng yìn huán | Zhang Yinhuan (1837-1900), late Qing politician and senior Chinese diplomat |
| 嘉荫县 | jiā yīn xiàn | Jiayin, a county in Yichun City 伊春市[Yi1 chun1 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 槐荫区 | huái yīn qū | Huaiyin, a district of Jinan City 濟南市|济南市[Ji3 nan2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 冬荫 | dōng yīn | (loanword) tom yum (Thai soup) |
荫 appears in 19 compound words: 11 as the first character, 42 as the last, and 47 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 荫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
这个荫字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě yìn zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "荫" had different meanings in classical Chinese.
【醉花荫闲谈】普通人养狗,进尽量不要去碰繁殖。
zuì huā yìn xián tán pǔ tōng rén yǎng gǒu , jìn jǐn liàng bù yāo qù pèng fán zhí .
清明前夕除坟惊见60年荫尸 专家示警恐“呷子孙”
qīng míng qián xī chú fén jīng jiàn 6 0 nián yìn shī zhuān jiā shì jǐng kǒng 呷 zǐ sūn
On the Eve of Qingming Festival, a 60-Year-Old Mummified Corpse Is Discovered While Cleaning a Grave; Experts Warn It May "Haunt Future Generations"
他们在那棵大树的树荫下坐了下来。
Tāmen zài nà kē dà shù de shùyìn xià zuò le xiàlai.
They sat in the shade of that big tree.
一个老人在树荫下休息。
Yī gè lǎorén zài shùyìn xià xiūxi.
An old man was resting in the shade of the tree.
Character Family
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